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The Old Road To Coast Guard Beach On Cape Cod.

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The road to Coast Guard Beach looked quite different before the Blizzard of 1978.  (Click on blog to see old photograph from the Cape Cod National Seashore.)

Before the Blizzard of 1978, there used to be hundreds of parking places for people could access the beach. You can see these in the 2nd photograph. It all washed away in the Blizzard of 1978. Now people are shuttled to and from this gorgeous beach.

The first photograph is the old road by the Coast Guard Station that used to lead to the old parking lots. You can see the road on the top left of the old photograph. Now the road just stops on top of the dunes by the edge of the beach. You can view the ocean and the beach from there. You can walk to the beach along a path to the left by the bathhouses. But the huge parking lots and roads are no longer…

Amazing, don’t you think?

 

 

Cape Cod Birding, Cape Cod Blog, Cape Cod Photography

Calling All Female House Sparrows On Cape Cod!!

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We’ve had this male House Sparrow sitting on the birdhouse outside our bedroom chirping for the past 6 days, almost nonstop. He starts about 5:00 am and chirps until dark. We thought he had lost his mate or something catastrophic. His constant chirping is “driving us crazy!” 🙂

When Phil did some research last night, he found that “Male House Sparrows take up nesting sites before the breeding season, by frequently calling beside them. Unmated males start nest construction and call particularly frequently to attract females.”

This totally explains why he has been bringing long grasses into the birdhouse and sitting on top of the birdhouse chirping non stop. (He does occasionally stop to get some food from our bird feeders or a drink from our birdbath.) He is getting the house and nest ready for when the female arrives…. which we hope is SOON!

(He is a  bit skittish as when I try to take his photograph from outside, he will fly away. Thus, this photograph was taken from inside our bedroom, through the window and the screen.)

 

Cape Cod Blog, Cape Cod Photography, Cape Cod Wildflowers

Colorful Scotch Broom Wildflowers On Cape Cod.

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The bright yellow color with a hint of orange of the Scotch Broom caught my eye the other day as I was walking to the beach.

The Scotch Broom is a stiffly branched shrub with 1″ yellow pea-shaped flowers near the end of the branches. The plant grows 3-5 feet and the flowers bloom in May and June in sandy soil.

Have you ever seen a Scotch Broom? Pretty flower, don’t you think?

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Colorful Ruddy Turnstone At The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary On Cape Cod.

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If you haven’t been to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at low tide, put it on your list. You can walk all the way out to the beach and you never know what you  will see and you’re never disappointed!

I saw this Ruddy Turnstone, and many more, the other day. There were so many on the outer beach scurrying about, it was hard to count.

I love his very distinctive coloring. What do you think?

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Stunning White Star Chickweed Wildflowers On Cape Cod!

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If you want to see gorgeous Starwort Chickweed wildflowers, go to Fort Hill in Eastham. They are everywhere along the side of the trails in the meadows. The Star Chickweed wildflower is just magnificent, but it is so small that you might miss it or its pretty colors. As they start to go by, the pinks and golds turn dark.

So delicate and pretty, don’t you think?