You never know what you will see on the trails on Cape Cod. This flock of wild turkeys was meandering through the woods.
Have you ever seen wild turkeys out on the trails where you hike?
Tag Archives: Cape Cod
Beautiful Common Goldeneye On Cape Cod.
It was such a surprise to see this Common Goldeneye swimming with a flock of Common Mergansers. He was just beautiful.
A Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized duck with white-striped black upperparts and white underparts. His head is irredescent green-black with a white circular patch between its yellow eyes and dark gray bill.
Have you ever seen a Common Goldeneye?
The Boats At Provincetown Harbor On Cape Cod.
Very Talented Kite-Surfers On The Salt Marsh On Cape Cod!
The past few days have been so windy and the tides have been so high that is just perfect for the kite-surfers to “surf” in the salt marsh. (Click on blog link to see other photo way high in the sky!)
We took a ride to First Encounter Beach and parked in the back, facing the flooded salt marsh, so we could watch these amazing kite-surfers do their thing. Incredible, don’t you think? Look at that guy way up there above the trees!
Greater Yellowlegs At Boat Meadow Beach On Cape Cod.
I had taken a walk to Boat Meadow Beach to see if there was anything “exciting” to photograph. And there, in one of the little tidal ponds in the salt marsh, were 5 of these birds. I wasn’t sure what they were as they looked more like summer shorebirds than birds I would see in the winter. (Click on blog link to see other photograph.)
I was so surprised when I got home and put my photographs up on the computer and realized that yes, they were Greater Yellowlegs. It wasn’t until one of them walked up by the grass that you could see his bright yellow legs. Wow!
According to my Checklist of Cape Cod Birds, Great Yellowlegs are rare but regular this time of the year and usually hard to find. How cool is that!