I loved this photograph and reflection of a Snowy Egret at Goose Pond at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. He had just caught a fish and his bill was still wide open.
Pretty cool, don’t you think? Love the yellow around his eye…
Category Archives: Cape Cod Photography
Guess Who Was In Our Bird Bath On Cape Cod?
There is never a dull moment in our yard on Cape Cod! We awoke early the other morning and saw a little commotion out by our bird bath. Quietly we looked out the window and there were 3 baby raccoons in the bird bath with mom and dad standing nearby. (Click on blog link to see other photo.)
It really was adorable! What do you think?
Exquisite Buckeye Butterfly At Fort Hill On Cape Cod… A First For Me!
I had never seen a Buckeye butterfly before, so it came as quite a surprise to see one on the trail at Fort Hill yesterday. I had no idea what it was… only that it was just beautiful! Those colors and those spots! What could it be? (Click on blog link to see other photos.)
I posted 3 different photographs: 1. The upper side of the Buckeye which is very colorful. 2. The wings are partially closed. 3. The wings are mostly closed. How different it looks when its wings are closed. It just blends in. It seemed to like being right on the gravel trail.
The Buckeye lives year-round in the southern United States but ventures up to New England for the summer. It has a wing span of 2- 2.5″. It is brown with 2 orange bars on its forewings and 2 different sized eyespots on each wing. It lives in open fields and meadows.
Have you ever seen a Buckeye butterfly? Those colors and patterns are gorgeous!
Pretty Blue-Eyed Grass In Our Yard On Cape Cod.
The Blue-Eyed Grass in our yard is so pretty. I took this photograph right after it rained. I loved the water droplets on it.
Blue-eyed Grass is a grass like plant with one blue/ purple flower per stem. These 1/2′ to 3/4″ flowers have 6 pointed petals and yellow centers. The plant grows from 4-24″ in May and June.
I remember seeing Blue-eyed Grass in Colorado. It was such a treat to see it here on the Cape too. Have you ever seen Blue-eyed Grass?
Lots Of Northern Bobwhites At Fort Hill On Cape Cod.
Yesterday was one of those days when it was cloudy and cool enough to take a nice walk at Fort Hill in the afternoon. Usually it gets too hot by then. I thought maybe we might see some new wildflowers or perhaps, a butterfly or two. We most often see birds in the morning or evening, not in the middle of the day. (Click on blog link to see more photographs.)
Little did we know that we would see six Northern Bobwhites walking on the trail. Two at a time in 3 different locations. What a treat! We haven’t seen one yet this year but have frequently heard their call, “Bob-white! Bob-white!” I learned this call from my Dad when I was a little girl, as he was an avid birder and I have never forgotten it. It is so clear and so distinct!
Most of the time they were on the trail in front of us running down the trail while we tried to get a photograph. They were pretty quick. And just when we were giving each other a fist bump, we would see 2 more walking along the trail. It was really cool!
Have you seen a Northern Bobwhite this year? There are obviously quite a few at Fort Hill and they do like to walk the trails… with us! 🙂