I posted a blog a few weeks ago about these 2 Ospreys that had been evicted from their annual nesting spot by the utility company. For days and even weeks, the two Ospreys sat sadly atop that utility pole looking about. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
A couple of days ago, I was driving home from Rock Harbor when I looked up and saw a massive Osprey nest on top of this dead tree. What a perfect spot for a nest… right next to the salt marsh where lots of food can be found! I sure hope it’s those two Ospreys because they found an awesome place to build their new nest and raise their young.
The sky was just spectacular and fiery red for this sunset over the salt marsh. But when I stopped at the bridge to see the reflection of the sunset on the river… Wow! It was just gorgeous! Look at those colors!
The first Cape Cod Canal, also called “Jeremiah’s Gutter” (which means a waterway or channel), was used for whaleboats and other vessels to get from the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Cod Bay through Orleans and Eastham. It was named after Jeremiah Smith who came from a founding Eastham family of the late 17th century. The hand-dug canal was in existence from 1717 to 1849. (Click on blog link for other photos.)
“On April 26, 1717 a strong nor’easter battered Cape Cod. It was in this storm that the famed pirate ship Whydah sank with all of its treasure aboard. This storm also carved a channel of varying depths running roughly from Town Cove in Orleans west to what is today Boat Meadow Beach in Eastham. The channel would only be used by British vessels trying to recover the sunken Whydah treasure in 1717.” (capecod.com)
You can see where the canal wound through the salt marsh from the Cape Cod Rails Trail in Eastham. The first photo is facing Orleans while the 2 photo faces toward Cape Cod Bay. It’s amazing to think that there used to be a functional canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean with Cape Cod Bay in Orleans and Eastham!
I stopped at the salt marsh to catch that gorgeous sunset when I saw 6 deer grazing on the marsh. They looked up at me… I think I was as surprised as they were.
But oh! What a beautiful photo of them at dusk with those soft pastel colors. What do you think?
You could see the sky starting to change colors and they looked so pretty! I got in the car to see what it looked like over the salt marsh. I wasn’t disappointed! Wow!
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
