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| Amy, Joe and Frankie |
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| Madequecham Valley |
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| Happy Baby |
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Frankie's First visit to Nantucket
Because she is natural!
Fourth of July Weekend, 2019
I am so glad to be back on Nantucket! We missed coming this spring because of Josh's endocarditis. Spring was very rainy and late, so I still got a chance to see a few Quaker Ladies (Hedyotis Caerulea) on my hike at Norwood Farm today! Ponds high.
Towhees and common yellowthroats abounded, 3 or 5 Eastern Kingbirds.
Towhees and common yellowthroats abounded, 3 or 5 Eastern Kingbirds.
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| Profusion of Swamp Azalea - Rhododendron Viscosa- |
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| Mullein- verbascum Thapsus |
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| Yarrow- Achillea Millefolium |
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| Milkwort - Polygala polygama |
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| Viburnum |
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| High Bush Blueberry |
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| Common St. Johnswort- Hypericum Perforaturm |
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| Swamp azalea |
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| Sheep Laurel- Kalmia Augustifolia |
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| Ox Eye Daisies - Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum |
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| Pasture thistle- Cirsium Pumilum |
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| Viburnum |
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| Milkwee Asclepias Syriaca |
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| Eastern Kingbird |
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| Virginia Rose- Roas virginiana |
Sunday, January 20, 2019
January 20, 2019 Winter Walk
I hiked from Wauwinet to Coskata Pond today before the onset of a winter storm.
Didn't see a Snowy Owl, although lots of Nantucketers are posting pictures. I did see herring and black-backed gulls, scoters at sea, crow and turkey vulture, bufflehead in Coskata Pond, and a red-tail hawk overlooking Polpis Harbor. Hundreds of Canada geese were seeking shelter. The sparrow species moved so fast I couldn't identify them.
There were 5 deal razorbills along the beach. On the Birding Nantucket Facebook page, someone said "Nantucket is where razorbills go to die." I have often seen dead eider on the beach between Sconset and LowBeach in January, but haven't got down there this weekend.
I saw many new and interesting feathers, including many tern feathers.
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| Lichen in winter |
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| Saw 5 dead razorbills on the beach |
Didn't see a Snowy Owl, although lots of Nantucketers are posting pictures. I did see herring and black-backed gulls, scoters at sea, crow and turkey vulture, bufflehead in Coskata Pond, and a red-tail hawk overlooking Polpis Harbor. Hundreds of Canada geese were seeking shelter. The sparrow species moved so fast I couldn't identify them.
There were 5 deal razorbills along the beach. On the Birding Nantucket Facebook page, someone said "Nantucket is where razorbills go to die." I have often seen dead eider on the beach between Sconset and LowBeach in January, but haven't got down there this weekend.
I saw many new and interesting feathers, including many tern feathers.
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| Looking out toward Coatue from Wauwinet |
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| Coskata Pond |
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| Looking toward Coskata Woods |
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| Found these tern feathers in the truck tracks on the beach |
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| And these too, from what bird? |
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Fall 2018
Fall progresses from the goldenrod yellow and grasses to the mahogany of the Tupelo and bright spots of Groundsel to huckleberry red and cinnamon fern gold.
I missed seeing a 'Swall-nado" this year, but there were several hundred tree swallows here on the bluff this weekend. And still an Eastern Kingbird at Stump Pond, while dark eyed juncos were also at Windswept Bog. Last week's Sunday bird group at Madaket was amazing! From peregrine to merlin to osprey to CapeMay Warbler and many shorebirds in between. And at Squam Farm a week earlier there were bobolink and a black-throated green warbler.
I missed seeing a 'Swall-nado" this year, but there were several hundred tree swallows here on the bluff this weekend. And still an Eastern Kingbird at Stump Pond, while dark eyed juncos were also at Windswept Bog. Last week's Sunday bird group at Madaket was amazing! From peregrine to merlin to osprey to CapeMay Warbler and many shorebirds in between. And at Squam Farm a week earlier there were bobolink and a black-throated green warbler.
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| Stump Pond October 20 |
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| Sconset Bluff October 19 |
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| Sanderling "down front" |
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| Samphire at Jackson Point October 14 |
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| Samphire at Jackson Point |
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| Solidago Puberula- Downy Goldenrod |
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| Lichen Field in the Middle Moors October 13 |
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| Scalloping with Kelsey and Charlie on October 6 |
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| Gerardia Purpurea |
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Pout Ponds October 13 |
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| Asters and Goldenrod |
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Summer's End Septmember 9, 2018
Josh and I took a great hike out to Eel Point on Saturday. Lots of shorebirds:
Mourning Dove 1
American Oystercatcher 6Black-bellied Plover 24Semipalmated Plover 3Sanderling 10Willet 15Herring Gull 50Great Black-backed Gull 12Common Tern 1Double-crested Cormorant 20Great Blue Heron 1Great Egret 1
Too late to see the Sea Lavender in bloom, but beautiful colors throughout the marsh. Two monarch butterflies.
At the Sunday bird group, a Kestrel over the Cranberry bogs was the best bird seen, although we counted 31 species:
Canada Goose 24
Wood Duck 0
Mallard 7
Green-winged Teal 3 Folgers Marsh
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 2
peep sp. 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Herring Gull 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Common Tern 9
Great Shearwater 0
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 In the Pond at the field station
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2 Hatch year bird
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 2 Flying with a fish
American Kestrel 1 Cranberry bog
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Common Grackle 1
There was a lot of discussion of our finding Bidens Cernua, the Bur-Marigold, in the ditches at the Cranberry bog.
Later, Josh and I hiked the beach and the Sconset Bluff Walk- always beautiful with the Autumn Clematis at this time of year.
Mourning Dove 1
American Oystercatcher 6Black-bellied Plover 24Semipalmated Plover 3Sanderling 10Willet 15Herring Gull 50Great Black-backed Gull 12Common Tern 1Double-crested Cormorant 20Great Blue Heron 1Great Egret 1
Too late to see the Sea Lavender in bloom, but beautiful colors throughout the marsh. Two monarch butterflies.
Canada Goose 24
Wood Duck 0
Mallard 7
Green-winged Teal 3 Folgers Marsh
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 2
peep sp. 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Herring Gull 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Common Tern 9
Great Shearwater 0
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 In the Pond at the field station
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2 Hatch year bird
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 2 Flying with a fish
American Kestrel 1 Cranberry bog
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Common Grackle 1
There was a lot of discussion of our finding Bidens Cernua, the Bur-Marigold, in the ditches at the Cranberry bog.
Later, Josh and I hiked the beach and the Sconset Bluff Walk- always beautiful with the Autumn Clematis at this time of year.
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| Bidens Cernua, But-Marigold |
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| Clematis paniculata |
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