Late Winter Visitors--2013

Visitors new to me include the Horned Grebe and the Yellow-rumped Warbler and Savannah Sparrow (who knew there were so many varieties and that they hang out together) and the return of Oystercatchers, Godwits and , once hunting season has passed, the Red-breasted Mergansers.  Plenty of loons and our usual feathered friends.

December 31, 2012

A burst of sunshine and dropping wind made this a kayak trip that could squeeze into the year's end.    It was a treat to hear the Loons calling and to get into the shallows to see some peeps-Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, A Blue Heron, Ruddy Turnstone, and many more.  Two fishermen in kayaks and one island walker but otherwise the island to myself.

Last month I was fortunate to see a Peregrine Falcon and  a Piping Plover group.