When it gets cold and windy on Cape Cod, find a hike in the woods. You will be pleasantly surprised at how beautiful the trails can be at this time of the year and how sheltered they are from the wind.
We have found lots of inland trails which have been so much fun to explore. Have you ever hiked one of the inland trails on the Cape?
I’ve seen so many of these bright red berries along my hikes recently. They are so pretty and so festive with Christmas right around the corner. Have you seen any red berries this winter?
There were some huge, very prolific Winterberry bushes on the way to Coast Guard Beach from Doane Rock via the small boardwalk. So pretty, don’t you think?
I kept driving over the bridge on Bridge Road and seeing this black and white bird in the water. It would swim along with its head under water and occasionally dive under. (Click on blog link to see other photos.) I wasn’t sure what it was until I stopped the car and realized it was a Common Eider. It’s the first Common Eider that I’ve seen this winter. What a treat!
So many people think that there is nothing to see in the winter on the Cape, but that’s when all of the winter birds come back. It is so much fun looking for them and seeing which ones do come back. Maybe we’ll see a few new ones this year.
Have you ever seen a Common Eider? Maybe this one will hang around a bit by the bridge on Bridge Road. He really is beautiful! I loved the photograph with his bill open. Funny, don’t you think?
We took a ride to Coast Guard Beach yesterday, hoping to take a walk on the beach. It was about an hour until high tide and already the water was lapping at the dunes. No walk today; we’ll wait for low tide.
So we stood at the end of the trail to the beach and took lots of photographs. Each one was more spectacular than the one before.
Gorgeous sky, don’t you think?
