Rocky Squabbles — pat morss
There are rock ownership issuse out here. But wildlife generally gets along (unless you’re dinner). Happy Solstice tomorrow.
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Great Blue Herons — pat morss
Three Great Blue Herons visited yesterday. They spent the afternoon in the trees preening and napping. We kept checking on the last one, that flew off to hunt at sunset. These are yesterday’s photos, but it is the same routine today.
EXCITING NEWS FOR OUR GOOD HARBOR BEACH PLOVER FANS!
Late yesterday afternoon, our Piping Plover volunteer monitor Heather Hall identified a new addition to the three Piping Plovers currently residing at Good harbor Beach. She observed that he was super hungry and that he was wearing not one, but two identifying bands! The green band is located on his upper left leg and is … Continue reading EXCITING NEWS FOR OUR GOOD HARBOR BEACH PLOVER FANS!
EYE TO EYE WITH A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
I so love chance encounters with wild creatures and this young Black-crowned Night heron did not disappoint. He stayed close to the rocky embankment, stealthily foraging for small shrimp in the dark crevices at mid-tide. The youngster did not seem to mind my presence; after a bit of time passed I walked away and when … Continue reading EYE TO EYE WITH A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
CAPE ANN WILDLIFE: A YEAR IN PICTURES 2017
CAPE ANN WILDLIFE: A YEAR IN PICTURES 2017 By Kim Smith Cape Ann provides welcome habitat for a menagerie of creatures beautiful, from the tiniest winged wonder to our region’s top predator, the Eastern Coyote. Last year I posted a Cape Ann Wildlife Year in Pictures 2016 and I hope you will find the wildlife … Continue reading CAPE ANN WILDLIFE: A YEAR IN PICTURES 2017
Quarky Pants Junior!
Allowing me to get a little closer, perhaps one of these days (before he/she’s all grown up), I’ll catch a side-by-side of Black-crowned Night Heron parent and juvenile. Here he is standing on one leg, just as do mom and dad! A little ways off was a Great Blue Heron also hunting amongst the reeds. I captured him … Continue reading Quarky Pants Junior!
THE MAGICAL MONTH OF MAY FOR MIGRATION IN MASSACHUSETTS
Featuring Dowitchers, Ruddy Turnstone, Least Tern, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Towhee, Northern Flicker, Black-bellied Plovers, Brown Thrasher, Black-and-white Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Female Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Willets, and Piping Plovers. May is a magical month in Massachusetts for observing migrants traveling to our shores, wooded glens, meadows, and shrubby uplands. They come either to … Continue reading THE MAGICAL MONTH OF MAY FOR MIGRATION IN MASSACHUSETTS
Why Do Herons Stand on One Leg?
Great Blue Heron at Good Harbor Beach ~ Click to view larger There are several theories as to why birds, especially large wading birds such as herons and flamingoes, stand on one leg, or “unipedal resting” as scientist like to refer to the trait. The seemingly most convincing and best-proved theory is that birds stand … Continue reading Why Do Herons Stand on One Leg?
MR. AND MRS. QUARKY PANTS HAD A BABY!
For the past several months on my filming forays around Niles Pond I have encountered a pair of Black-crowned Night Herons. With a loud quark, at least one flies up into the trees as soon as my presence is detected and I can never get a closeup photo with both in the same shot. I was wondering if they were … Continue reading MR. AND MRS. QUARKY PANTS HAD A BABY!
Beautiful Saturday September Morning
I awoke this morning before dawn to film sunrise and found a sweet gift of Virgilios sauce and amazingly fat rigatonis in the basket on my front porch. I am recovering from a leg operation and my friend Catherine Ryan called at the very moment that I was trying my personal recovery technique–on the floor … Continue reading Beautiful Saturday September Morning
Guest Writer: Local Author JoeAnn Hart Shares Her Beautiful Story About Niles Pond
JoeAnn Hart is the author of the novels Addled and the forthcoming Float (Ashland Creek Press, February 2013). Float, set in coastal New England, involves the fishing industry, conceptual art, jellyfish, marital woes, and plastics in the ocean. Niles Pond and the Narrow Path Folklore has it that Niles Pond was once in the Guinness … Continue reading Guest Writer: Local Author JoeAnn Hart Shares Her Beautiful Story About Niles Pond
Did You Know (Great Blue Heron)
My favorite shore bird, the Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. An all-white population found only in the Caribbean and south … Continue reading Did You Know (Great Blue Heron)
Good Morning Gloucester 