It’s starting to sound like spring here on Cape Cod with the Red-winged Blackbirds singing their easily identifiable song of “Cu-Cur-rie! They come back a bit early in the spring, so it’s a big treat to hear them again.
I heard quite a few of them at Fort Hill, but this is the only one I could photograph from a distance. It’s just a matter of time when we can put our heavy jackets away and enjoy the warmer weather and all that spring brings.
We hadn’t been to Fort Hill for a hike in weeks due to all of the late January snow and then the blizzard. (Click on blog link for more photos.)
The Red Maple Swamp Trail had several trees and large branches down across the trail and boardwalk.
You can still navigate the trail by ducking under or stepping over the large limbs. I know that the National Seashore has been very conscientious will their trail upkeep, so I’m sure that it will be cleaned up in no time, No matter what, it is still one of my favorite hikes!
It seems like the fence in the parking lot at Nauset Light Beach, overlooking the ocean, keeps getting moved farther back into the parking lot.
I remember during Covid in 2020, we would bring a picnic lunch there and have a “car picnic” while overlooking the water. We could see the surfers and even the sea birds out in the water.
So much has changed in the past 6 years. Mother Nature has been hard at work and the erosion to the dunes and beach has been quite significant.
We stopped at White Crest Beach to see what it looked like after the recent storms and to reminisce about all the fun times Phil had surfing there.. back in the day. Does anyone know how that very tall pole got there and how it has stayed there with all of the crazy weather and tides?
I took this photo the week before the blizzard… I wonder if it still there?
