This Red-breasted Merganser was having a lot of success fishing in Pleasant Bay. He’d swim around a bit and then dive under… usually coming back up with a fish!
I love his reddish-orange beak and his “bad-hair” day! Beautiful bird, don’t you think?
Tag Archives: Cape Cod Birding
Great Blue Heron Fishing In Nauset Marsh On Cape Cod
Bluebirds Enjoying A Bath In Our Heated Birdbath On Cape Cod.
These Bluebirds were certainly enjoying a bath in our heated birdbath the other day. They’re even yacking at each other! (Click on blog link for other photos.)
What fun it is to watch them splash around and have a good time! One of them is even standing on the warm heater!
Do you have a heated birdbath for the birds in the winter?
Seagull In Flight Over The Ocean Waters On Cape Cod.
Huge Bird Tracks In The Snow On Cape Cod!
We were just finishing our hike by Nauset Marsh the other day when I saw these tracks in the snow. What on earth were they? At first I thought they were hiking pole holes, but there were no hiking boot tracks or any other tracks nearby. Hmmm… (Click on blog link to see other photos.)
The only other tracks I had ever seen in the snow that came close to these was a Great Blue Heron. Their tracks were huge! So I put my foot next to it, which you can see in the 2nd photograph. I wear a size 9, so these tracks were pretty big.
And there were a lot of them. What were they? What were they doing? Where were they going? Anyone have any other ideas? Am I close? Am I way off? Any comments are welcome!