Whale Baleen Plate Washed ashore

A portion of a whale’s baleen plate with the fine hairs washed ashore on the backshore during the high tide yesterday.  May be parts of the whale that washed ashore back in September of this year.

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Tourists with Gloucester Smiles

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Flag of ConnecticutCouple from Connecticut enjoy walk along the backshore

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Couple from Oregon enjoyed breakfast at Sugar Magnolias

Breaking News!

A male King Eider is currently on the backshore. Two gentlemen from Carlisle were kind enough to allow me to look through their scope and Michelle Barton reports that it was there on Friday, too. The eider can be seen while standing at the small cleared space on the side of the road, across from The Elks at Bass Rocks. The King Eider is a spectacularly colored bird and is too far offshore for the capabilities of my 200mm lens but here is a beautiful photo from Wiki Commons Media. King Eiders forage on seabeds up to 82 feet deep and I imagine that is what the diving eider spotted this morning was doing. Happy Birding!

 

Read More about the Cape Ann Winter Birding Weekend schedule of events, which is taking place this weekend, here.

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Surfers at Mong Cove on the Backshore–Photos by Katherine Richmond

Surfers Kyle Grant and Jonathan Macdonald Surf Mong Cove

Wave Photographer Katherine Richmond Captures Waves as the Sunsets

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Spectacular Backshore Wave Photos by David Cox

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Smooth Ride on Gloucester’s Backshore

Men at Work.

The ride along the back-shore  is smoother, because of the hard work, on a foggy, and a Canadian smoke-filled day.

Click on  video and watch the process.

Good Morning, Backshore

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Not much happening at Niles Pond this morning, but the surf along the backshore, with the sun on the waves, made getting up early worth it.