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Common Lowbush Blueberry Wildflowers At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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If you take a walk on the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill, you will see Common Lowbush Blueberry wildflowers starting to bloom all long the sides of the boardwalk. They are quite prolific and quite beautiful. (Click on blog link for other photo.)

It is a common shrub with white or pink-tinged bell-shaped flowers, hanging in clusters. The flowers are tiny, only 1/4 – 1/2 inch  which bloom in May and June, so you still have plenty of time to see them.

The edible fruit, which typically mature in mid- to late-summer, vary in color from a bright blue to bluish-black and are sweet to taste.

I like to photograph them best when are just starting to bloom, as in the 2 photographs. I took mine in color while Phil took one in black and white. Quite a different perspective, don’t you think?

 

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Foggy Morning At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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The past few mornings have been very foggy here on Cape Cod. I took this photograph a few days ago but it looked just the same yesterday. It was a foggy morning, but very beautiful at Fort Hill, looking down the trail toward Nauset Marsh.

It almost looks like an Impressionist painting, don’t you think?

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Indian Rock At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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It was a beautiful, sunny day at Fort Hill and the light on Indian Rock at Skiff Hill at Fort Hill was just beautiful. You can really see the carvings made by the Native Americans. (Click on blog link for other photo.)

Indian Rock was a “community grinding rock, one of four such rocks found in the Nauset area. The Indians used the abrasive qualities of the fine-grained metamorphic rock to grind and polish implements made of stone and animal bones, such as stone axes or bone fishhooks.

Indian Rock was originally located in the mud of the marsh below where it now sits on Skiff Hill. The National Park Service moved the 20-ton boulder to this site in 1965.”

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The Catbirds Are Back At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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I love it when the birds start migrating back to the Cape for the summer. One of my favorite birds is the Catbird. I saw this Catbird singing away on the prickly vines on the Red Maple Swamp Trail.

Have you seen a Catbird yet this season?

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And They Flew In Just In Time… At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.

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Phil and I were having a picnic breakfast at the overlook at Fort Hill yesterday morning when he commented, “I can’t believe we haven’t seen any Egrets yet this year, not even on the salt marsh.” I said, “It is strange because people are posting photos of them.”

Less than a minute later, 6 Egrets flew in and landed at a little pond  right in front of us on Nauset Marsh… unbelievable! There were 3 Great Egrets and 3 Snowy Egrets. Wow!

I quickly got out of the car and walked part way down toward the salt marsh and took a few photographs. I didn’t want to scare them away. So cool….

Wishing you all a Happy Easter and hoping you get to see something special today too!