I saw a splash of bright yellow at our feeder and quickly got my camera. I have learned that it is better to get my camera first and get my binoculars second, as the bird might fly away quickly. (Click on blog link to see other photo.)
There, at my feeder, was a beautiful Yellow-rumped Warbler. I have never seen one this time of the year. But I looked in my Sibley’s and learned that they sometimes winter in this area. According to my Cape Cod Checklist, they are uncommon this time of year and seen only in small numbers. I guess I was lucky.
What a treat! Have you ever seen a Yellow-rumped Warbler this time of year? What a beautiful little bird!
It’s amazing to see how green the forests are here on Cape Cod in the middle of winter. The Bearberry leaves, which you can see in the first photograph, still provide much green ground cover. (Click blog link to see other photo.)
I just did a bit of research and found that Bearberries will lose their leaves but not until mid-winter or later. I’ll have to take a similar photograph in a month or so and compare them.
You can also see all the new undergrowth of pine trees on the sides of the trails. So far this winter, our forest hikes have been pretty colorful!
Boat Meadow Beach had a few new gullies after the storm the other day with the rain pummelling the beach and parking lot. You can see how rough Cape Cod Bay is with all those whitecaps. (Click on blog link to see full photo.)
But the benches are still intact, so all is still ok.
It was almost sunset and very cloudy and cold but we decided to go down to Rock Harbor, the Eastham side, to see if there were any pretty photographs. This is what we saw. You can see a little bit of the sun going down in the distance.
I thought it was pretty spectacular. What do you think?
There are so many rocks, called erratics, left by the glaciers along the shores of the thousands of kettle ponds here on Cape Cod. Some are huge and some are really small. You can see the large size of the rocks in the 2nd and 3rd photos. (Click on blog link to see other photos.)
Have you seen many glacial rocks in your travels on Cape Cod or elsewhere?
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
