Evocative light while filming this morning at daybreak.
Lantern lighting in the rising sun.
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LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING HANNAH KIMBERLEY’S READING FROM HER NEW BOOK AT THE SAWYER FREE THURSDAY NIGHT!
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SLEEPY LITTLE BROWN BAT
This morning we awoke to find a sleepy Little Brown Bat, as opposed to a Big Brown Bat, fast asleep in the dining room curtains. It’s a mystery how he got in and why it took so long to wake him up. Once outdoors, he spread his wings and flew over the fence and into our neighbor’s trees.
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The Mass Audubon website has a page on the most commonly seen bats in Massachusetts:
Bats, our only flying mammals, are truly remarkable animals. It’s too bad their unwarranted reputation has prevented many people from appreciating how beneficial and unique they are.
Bats belong to the order Chiroptera, which means “hand-wing.” Their wings are composed of two thin layers of skin or membrane, attached to elongated finger bones. Each membrane has four fingers and a thumb, which control the wing’s movement. The thumb, located at the top of the wing, acts as a hook with which the bat is able to crawl on flat surf
The two most common bats found in Massachusetts are the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). Both have short, soft fur covering their head and body and rich brown bodies with slightly darker brown wings.
The body of a little brown bat measures 4½ to 5½ inches long, including the tail, and has an 8½ to 10½ inch wingspan. The big brown bat’s body ranges from 5½ to 8 inches in length with a 12 to 13 inch wingspan.
In the spring and summer, females of little brown bats form colonies consisting of hundreds of individuals. Big brown bats, which prefer the more urban areas inside Route 495, are usually found in colonies of less than two hundred bats.
Learn more about Bat species in Massachusetts.
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WORK PROGRESSING ON THE GOOD HARBOR BEACH GUEST STATION WITH MASONS JOHN TRUPIANO AND NOEL MITCHELL
The new guest station at the footbridge end of Good Harbor Beach is progressing right on schedule, with today’s work entailing masonry and setting a granite stone border.
John Trupiano and Noel Mitchell
In response to a GMG readers’ recent inquiry, Joe Lucido shared that the shower spigot will be set to a timer, with time set to roughly 5am to 9pm, to take into consideration the early morning surfers and late day beach goers.
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HOORAY FOR LITTLE CHICK!
All by his lonesome, Little Chick survived his first super busy Sunday entirely on his own. Perhaps he needs a new grown up name, such as Tuffers, something that recognizes his strong little spirit–or instinct for survival–subject to how anthropomorphic your views. I’ve gotten used to calling him Little Chick, but am open to suggestions 🙂
Little Chick in a Bowl
Stretch two three, right two three, left two three.
Thirty-nine-day old Piping Plover
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DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS HOW WE FIND THE BEACH EVERY MORNING AFTER A BUSY BEACH DAY?
You’ll never see this when you come to the beach after 8:00am because our awesome DPW beach crews and volunteer beach-picker-uppers do a tremendous job cleaning the beach each and very day.
Just saying, for some folks, after a day of fun and relaxation, they must be too worn out to pick up their belongings and garbage.
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“WOOD, WIRE, and WIND” AT THE ANNISQUAM VILLAGE CHURCH
Wood, Wire and Wind
Sunday, August 20 at 8:00pm
Annisquam Village Church
820 Washington Street, Gloucester MA
Beverly and Andrew Soll complete our summer series on Sunday, August 20th at 8 PM with a concert on the three Adams instruments that reside at the Village Church. Besides the 13-stop gallery organ with its bold voices and fiery reeds, the Adams two-manual Flemish harpsichord (to be played by Beverly Soll) and the highly resonant chamber organ on the church’s altar will change up the spectrum of sound. A violin and viola join in on a Mozart piece in this eclectic, imaginative program ranging across six centuries of fascinating music.
A reception follows each concert, providing the occasion for declamation of an “Ode” from Annisquam’s beloved bard, Duncan Nelson.
Tickets: $20 per event (Students and seniors, $15.) are available at the door or in advance at The Bookstore or Diamond Cove Music in Gloucester and at Toad Hall Bookstore in Rockport.
The Annisquam Village Church is located at 820 Washington Street in Gloucester (01930) and is handicap accessible.
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Music Around Town ~ July 31 – August 6, 2017
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Three big outdoor concerts happening * Gloucester Country Fest 8/5/2017, Gloucester Blues Festival 8/12/2017 & Gloucester Harvest Music Festival 9/16/2017
We are excited to announce that Gloucester Country Fest is back this year and is bigger than ever! Ringo Tarr Productions is proud to announce this year’s line-up, featuring Jillian Cardarelli, with Martin and Kelly, Stefanie Jasmine Band, Scarlett Drive and Shanna Jackman!
Visit our website www.gloucestercountryfest.com for ticket sales and more information.August 12 2017
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August 12 2017
Line up and times for Aug 12th
TULLIE BRAE 11:00 – 12:00
VANESSA COLLIER 12:15- 1:15
JEFF JENSEN 1:30- 2:30
JAMES ARMSTRONG 2:45- 4:00
MONSTER MIKE WELCH–MIKE LEDBETTER BAND
4:15-5:30
JOHN PRIMER 5:45-7:00
go check out each band …click on the photos and it takes you to their website >http://gloucesterbluesfestival.com/category/lineup/
Tickets here> https://shared9.mainehost.net/~gloucest/buytickets.html
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Saturday September 16th
11 am to 8pm
GHMF, supports the Addison Gilbert Hospital Citizens Fund a 501c3 charity.
Thru donations, sponsors and tickets sales can the AGH Citizens Fund do its community work. This year we again have a great line up and for a $20 ticket you access to vendors, artisans and a day of music. PLEASE Buy a ticket! It is giving back to the community and tax deductible. This is your chance to make a difference!
Buy a ticket and no worries if you can’t make it, give it as a gift the Music will blow them away!
Thank you for your support!
Check out this years line up at
http://www.gloucesterharvestmusicfestival.com
Tickets here > http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2947673
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WEDDING BELLS AT GOOD HARBOR BEACH
You never know who or what you’ll come upon at daybreak at Good Harbor Beach. Blessings to the Happy Couple!
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PIPING PLOVER CHICK DAY THIRTY-SEVEN AND THIRTY-EIGHT AND NO PAPA PLOVER
Saturday through Sunday and still no sign of Papa. He has not been seen since Friday night. We can only surmise that he has departed of his own accord or been killed by a predator. Either way, it’s terribly worrisome for the chick, just one of its kind, at the city’s most popular of beaches. Little Chick hasn’t as of yet shown great flying skills, and only Friday, Papa was piping warning commands when predators approached.
Bonapartes Gull
The summer migration is underway and within this past week we’ve seen Bonarparte’s Gulls, Laughing Gulls, Least Sandpipers, Sanderlings, and Semipalmated Plovers at Good Harbor Beach.
Flock of Semipalmated Plovers at Good Harbor Beach
Little Chick has been foraging in close proximity to the Semipalmated Plovers, which are similar in size to Piping Plovers, only much darker. The SemiP know to fly away when the beach rake is near; Little Chick still only hunkers down deeper into the sand. His plumage works as both an advantage and disadvantage. He’s well camouflaged from predators, and too much so from well meaning beach goers.
Notice how much paler the Piping Plover (foreground) is in comparison to the Semipalmated Plover.
Little Chick tried to rest at the high tide line during yesterday’s blustery afternoon. He didn’t like the strong winds one bit and quickly changed his mind, taking shelter beneath the vegetation in the roped off area.
Thirty-seven-day old Piping Plover
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DUCKWORTH’S BISTROT AND EATERN POINT LIT HOUSE BOOK CLUB EVENT: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE MODERATED BY LILLIAN-YVONNE BERTRAM
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BOB GILLIS AND PIXIE HARRINGTON LENDING A HAND
Thanks so much to Bob and Pixie for helping to keep Good Harbor Beach beautiful!
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GOOD MORNING GLOUCESTER BROUGHT TO YOU BY VIOLET SKIES
Vivid violet sunrise panoramas from Good Harbor Beach.
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NORTH LIGHT
Thacher Island North Light Sunrise
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Vote for local Satch Kerans Band! They need your help. They made it to the top ten …now let’s help them win it!
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92.5 the River is partnering with New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets’ Summer Fun Tour to give one local artist or band the big break they deserve! In addition to performing on-stage in front of thousands at the Newburyport Riverfront Music Festival, the lucky winner will receive a free recording session at the legendary River Music Hall, and have their song played on 92.5 the River for 3 months!
And we’re letting you, the fans, pick the winner!
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They have made the top 10 selection and now are in the contest when voting ends on August 20. Simply, the band with the most votes wins.
Tom Satch Kerans , Coley Rybicki and Phil Grayton are one of ten remaining bands in a competition to open at the 92.5 River Music Fest. Please take a second to VOTE to keep them in the competition by clicking below and following the prompts. Thanks!
Please vote here > https://nhsummerfun.strutta.me/gallery?entry_id=458531
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EAT, SLEEP, STRETCH, CHECK IN WITH PA, REPEAT
Day thirty-six and our Superstar is growing beautifully. Barring people and predator dramas, Little Chick and Papa’s days have taken on a confident routineness –forage, sleep, wake, preen, do stretches, maybe practice flying (and maybe not), check in with Pa, repeat.
Extra shout out to Chief McCarthy for making Good Harbor Beach his early morning routine, too. Thank you everyone for all that you are doing to help the Good Harbor Beach Piping Plovers!
Eat
Nap
Wake up
Preen
Stretches
Check-in with Papa
Repeat
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DANCE OF THE TREE SWALLOWS
Male Tree Swallow
You may have noticed the pretty swallows perching in clusters on telephone lines and flying low over the sand. Both Barn and Tree Swallows can be found at the beach throughout the warmer months, but the birds that are beginning to gather on Cape Ann en masse are the Tree Swallows. The following is a short film from last year’s migration that explains what is happening at this time of year with the Tree Swallows here on our beaches and dunes, and in our neighborhoods.
M is For Migration Through Massachusetts
Responding to Reader’s Questions About Tree Swallows
New Short Film: Tree Swallows Massing
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YOUNG POETS SERIES AT THE LIT HOUSE FEATURING WILLA BROSNIHAN!
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GOOD HARBOR BEACH NEW SHOWER INSTALLED
Work is progressing at the Good Harbor Beach footbridge at a fast and steady pace.
Newly installed outdoor shower.
Good Morning Gloucester 