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Beautiful Mockingbird Singing Away On Cape Cod

I saw this Mockingbird, high up in the tree, singing away while hiking at Fort Hill on Cape Cod. What a pretty photograph with the blue, blue sky in the background!

They are best known for mimicking the songs of other birds often loudly and in rapid succession. Thus they are called the Mockingbird.

Have you ever heard a Mockingbird? They are usually very chatty and let you know they are nearby.

Gorgeous Day For A Hike At Fort Hill On Cape Cod

It was a gorgeous, somewhat spring-like day here on Cape Cod so we decided to hike the Red Maple Swamp Trail at Fort Hill on Cape Cod. The views are spectacular!

Phil took this photograph as we were finishing the Red maple Swamp Trail and heading out to the trail around the meadow. You can see Nauset Marsh and then Nauset Beach way out in the distance.

So pretty!

Red Maple Swamp Trail At Fort Hill On Cape Cod

I have posted several photographs of the boardwalk that goes over the Red Maple Swamp at Fort Hill on Cape Cod. But I have never posted one of the swamp itself.

You can see why a boardwalk is needed when the water is high. (There is still  a little ice  on the swamp.) Even in summer when the water is low, it is very muddy so a boardwalk is much needed to enjoy the hike.

Red Maple Trail is a beautiful hike down a trail in the woods and then through the swamp and, soon you will be able to continue the loop all the way around and back through the meadow!

Pretty, don’t you think?