Buds, Boats and Birds — pat morss

It’s late spring with signs of the summer season.

Flowering trees are in full bloom.
And indoor orchids are responding in kind.
The US Coast Guard has finished monitoring the short April scallop season.
Cape Ann Whale Watch has launched their summer trips, here heading out.
As has 7 Seas Whale Watch, heading back in.
Off-shore wind turbine construction vessel ‘Sea Installer‘ headed toward the Salem base.
A double-take when sister-ship ‘Sea Challenger‘ pulled into Gloucester yesterday.
Cardinals are key contributors to the chorus in the mating market.
This Red-winged Blackbird spreads its wings for emphasis with each squawk.
A Chipping Sparrow joins our family of friends.
Perhaps this is the same Song Sparrow that greets us frequently fom the same bush.
A Black-crowned Night-Heron was eating something behind the muskrat lodge.
And then moved on to reconnoiter another part of Niles Pond.

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