It was a gorgeous day to take a hike by the Salt Pond, mostly sunny and warm with a little breeze. We were so surprised when we got to the trail at how high the tide was. (Click on blog link for other photos.)
We stood there and debated for a bit as we had tried to hike it before at high tide. But there was a couple in front of us of us who were walking along the edge and they didn’t seem to be getting wet, so we decided to brave it too.
There were a couple of spots where you were walking in a bit of water, but for the most part, you could inch along the side until you got to some dry ground. Such a beautiful hike… and always a fun adventure!
The fall colors along the salt marsh are so pretty this time of year. I loved the yellow bittersweet berries that will turn bright orangish-red in the next couple of weeks.
Have you seen them there? Beautiful time of the year…
As we were taking a hike at Fort Hill a couple of days ago, we saw this sailboat out on the water on Nauset Marsh, which is very unusual. We’d only seen a sailboat on the marsh only once before as it is so difficult to sail there. It looked like it had started out near the Salt Pond. It was really windy and it was moving pretty fast!
It’s not easy to sail through the marsh with the small, little tributaries and high grasses, but it was high tide and the skipper was maneuvering it very well. We kept watching it through each opening along the trail and it looked like he was having quite the ride! What fun! He must be a pretty seasoned sailor!
We were having our picnic breakfast at Fort Hill the other morning when this little bird started hopping around on the split-rail fence. Phil got his camera out and clicked away, thinking it was just “another” sparrow. (Click on blog link for other photos.)
And then I pulled up my iBird Photo Sleuth on my iPhone and it said it was 99% a Palm Warbler. Wow!! We had never seen one before, so it was a first on our Life List!
When viewing the range map, it looks like the Palm Warbler was migrating from Canada and the northern states to southeastern USA, the West Indies and the Yucatán Peninsula. Very cool!
