Every morning about 7:30 I look out at the bird house outside of our bedroom window and see if my little friend, Downy, is awake yet. Sometimes I can see a little movement inside… he must be straightening up. 🙂 Usually within minutes, he sticks his little head out and looks around for a while. He is so cute! (I posted a blog about him in October when he first moved in and he is still living here. How cool is that!)
It is such a treat to have this little guy greet me each day. He stays for a bit and looks around and then heads to the suet. Not a bad life… free room and board and free baths and water. Maybe he’ll stay a while longer. Sure hope so!
I love the Northern Flickers that hang out in our yard here on Cape Cod. They are a hoot as they try to get food out of the bird feeders or as they take a bath in our birdbath. This Northern Flicker was resting on the side of the tree outside our bedroom window.
It was such a treat to look out the window and see the bluebirds eating from our bird feeders, drinking from our bird bath and checking out our bird houses. We hadn’t seen them for a while.
I love this photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird at the bird bath. What a beautiful couple!
Phil and I were taking a hike at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary a couple of days ago when I saw a hawk right on the trail. He had just caught something and was dragging it onto the trail. By the time I got my camera out, he had seen us and flew away. We waited a bit but he didn’t come down from the tree, so we walked by and saw a very large bunny on the trail.
On the way back we noticed that the bunny was no longer where it had been. There was the hawk, dragging the bunny down the trail. He kept trying to get it up in the air but to no avail. He couldn’t lift it.
The hawk finally was able to drag the bunny off the trail into the woods. We were quite a ways away but we were able to get some really cool photographs of this beautiful Cooper’s Hawk protecting its prey.
This Snowy Egret was searching for his next meal at one of the little ponds that form when high tide recedes at Boat Meadow in Eastham. The Snowy Egret is a medium-sized white Egret with a slender black bill and long, think neck. It has a patch of yellow at the base of the bill. Their legs are black with bright yellow feet.
Such an elegant bird. What do you think?
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
