As we were taking a hike at Fort Hill a couple of days ago, we saw this sailboat out on the water on Nauset Marsh, which is very unusual. We’d only seen a sailboat on the marsh only once before as it is so difficult to sail there. It looked like it had started out near the Salt Pond. It was really windy and it was moving pretty fast!
It’s not easy to sail through the marsh with the small, little tributaries and high grasses, but it was high tide and the skipper was maneuvering it very well. We kept watching it through each opening along the trail and it looked like he was having quite the ride! What fun! He must be a pretty seasoned sailor!
We were having our picnic breakfast at Fort Hill the other morning when this little bird started hopping around on the split-rail fence. Phil got his camera out and clicked away, thinking it was just “another” sparrow. (Click on blog link for other photos.)
And then I pulled up my iBird Photo Sleuth on my iPhone and it said it was 99% a Palm Warbler. Wow!! We had never seen one before, so it was a first on our Life List!
When viewing the range map, it looks like the Palm Warbler was migrating from Canada and the northern states to southeastern USA, the West Indies and the Yucatán Peninsula. Very cool!
I had taken a few photographs at Marconi Beach last week before the huge storm arrived that lasted 3 days. (Click on blog link for other photo).
The steps don’t look anything like this anymore and you won’t see any umbrellas and sunbathers down there for quite a while. It is truly amazing what Mother Nature is capable of doing.
We stopped at Fort Hill yesterday morning and saw this very strange cloud in the distance. It was almost like a funnel-cloud. But, such a pretty, stormy sky!
It’s a great time of year to hike the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore. It’s been cool enough that there are no bugs! (Click on blog link for other photo.)
It’s a great trail for the whole family as both kids and adults enjoy walking on the boardwalk over the swamp. Have you ever done this hike?
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
