I was so excited when I saw Hootie, an Eastern Screech Owl, sunning himself at our owl house the other day. I’ve been waiting for him to come back for a long time. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
We have two owl houses and last year they were both occupied for a while. We thought we would have some little owlets to watch, but that never came to be. The 2 owls left their houses last March and this is the first we’ve seen them since.
Hootie loves to sit in the sunny door of his house and look out… or take a nap. Fingers crossed that this one finds a mate who moves in with him.
Did you know that Screech Owls are 7-10” tall and have a wingspan of 18-24?” Wow! They are known to eat up to 1,000 mice per year!
Little Pleasant Bay was pretty iced over when we stopped by the other day. But oh, so pretty! Look at those puffy little clouds along the horizon and Hog Island in the distance…
It’s been cold and windy and snowy this winter on Cape Cod, but the views in the snow have been absolutely spectacular! It doesn’t get much prettier here at Nauset Beach! It even looks like the snow is starting to melt a bit.
I was looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day photo a couple of years ago but just couldn’t find one. We happened to drive into this snowy parking lot and… there it was! Two Valentine hearts made from a car turning around! Pretty cool, don’t you think? And so appropriate for our very snowy winter here on Cape Cod!
The salt marshes on the Cape are filled with huge ice chunks. It’s still white as far as the eye can see. Hopefully we’ll start to see some melting soon!
The Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill is still pretty “snowed in.” You can see just how high the snow is by the fence. The snow is almost up to the top rail. Yikes! There’s not going to be much hiking there for a while… unless you bring your snowshoes!
The snow is high and everything you see is white… as far out as you can see. I’ve never seen Cape Cod Bay when you can’t even see the open water, just the snow and ice. It looks like you’re in the Arctic…
Little Pleasant Bay was pretty frozen the other day. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it that iced over. This was such a pretty view looking out from Pahwah Landing with all of the dried cattails blowing in the wind. What do you think?
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