A Coyote Article to Read — pat morss

https://www.thecricket.com/out_and_about/the-coyotes-of-cape-ann/article_f8ce52b4-5cc0-11ea-8ac9-17d66c83bc35.html

This is a link to an article written by James Behnke titled “The Coyotes of Cape Ann.” It is appearing in the current issue of Manchester’s newspaper, THE CRICKET. This online version has the advantage of additional photographs, including by our daughter Jeannette Lovitch, myself and others.

Coyote on Niles Pond Road

Same routine as yesterday — pat morss

Our coyotes have a regular routine each morning around our house.

Down our path into the Adubon land
Bounding around the territory
Starting back along the rocks
At the foot of the path
Up the path and past the house

We have coyotes too –pat morss

Reading about frequent coyote sightings at the beginning of mating season. No exception here, as we listen to their howling and see them nearly every day. These photos are from Niles Pond Road and the Audubon sanctuary rocks on Eastern Point.

Seals didn’t migrate to Niles Beach — Pat Morss

Yesterday’s posting of Christmas Seals – They didn’t migrate from Brace Cove to Niles Beach; was enjoying Christmas Eve with family and festivities!

Thanksgiving afternoon — pat morss

A Thanksgiving family lunch followed by a late afternoon walk around Niles Pond and a classic Eastern Point Lighthouse sunset.

Family Thanksgiving lunch
Ring-necked ducks at Niles Pond
Mallards at Niles Pond
Family dog with interest (leashed)
Niles Pond’s young resident swans
Eastern Point Lighthouse sunset

Norwegian lobsters correction — pat morss

Correcting a typo from my recent posting about checking the traps in Norway: The allowable size for lobsters is 25-32 cm, not a tiny 25-32 mm. That is about 10″ from nose to tip of tail for the small “chicken” lobster. Also, any female lobster with roe must be thrown back.

Checking the traps in Norway — pat morss

We are in Tjome, Norway visiting Anne-Lise’s sister Berit and her husband Jan. This morning we followed him out in his boat checking his lobster traps. His private license allows him up to 10 individual traps and the commercial lobster season only lasts 2 months from October 1st to December 1st. Allowable size is between 25 and 32mm from tip of nose to end of tail.

Flying in over the Norwegian west coast mountains and fjords
Boat viewed from house, looking like Cape Ann
Jan getting suited up
Pat ready to go
Our daughter Jeannette along for birding
Pulling a single trap with an electric winch
Crabs this time
Lobsters in this one
Will be covered to avoid shock in winter air
Confirming legal length
Elastic bands on the claws
Ready for the pot

Russia trip – Pat Morss

Anne-Lise and I are back from a trip to Moscow and St Petersburg with a stop on the way home for family and shrimp (just like ours but with no quota) in Norway.

Moscow, pedestrian street
Moscow, GUM shopping center
Moscow, Red Square, St Basil
Suzdal, Golden Circle east of Moscow
Suzdal, Golden Circle east of Moscow
St Petersburg, Catherine Palace
St Petersburg, Catherine Palace
St Petersburg, Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood
St Petersburg, St Isaac’s Cathedral
St Petersburg, Russian Museum
St Petersburg, Hermitage, Winter Palace chapel
St Petersburg, Peterhof Palace
St Petersburg, concert at Grand Duke Vladimir Palace
St Petersburg, concert at Grand Duke Vladimir Palace
Norway; shrimp with avocado, on the way home

Sunday afternoon on the Annisquam river — Pat morss

Anne-Lise and I had a great trip up the Annisquam River from Gloucester Marina to Ipswich Bay on a questionable Sunday afternoon that turned out to be very comfortable, with our friends Beth and Mike Knicely.

View from the Deck — Pat Morss

Always something to look at from the deck. In the last couple of days: One of a family of deer in the Audubon land at Eastern Point; USCG barque Eagle back and forth, here in the haze headed back into Salem for weekend festivities; sunset with Great Britain floating over the lighthouse.