It sure has been a very windy winter here on the Cape with the past few days seeing gusts around 45 mph. I wanted to get a video, but the sand was blowing right in my face as soon as I opened the car door. I settled on a photo of the churning waters at Rock Harbor while still sitting in my car!
It’s been so cold and so windy here on the Cape that sometimes it’s nice just to take a drive. We stopped at Fort Hill yesterday morning, not expecting to see anything. It was so windy, the car was shaking!
All of a sudden, I saw some movement in the grass. At first I thought it was a Flicker with its black patch on its breast, but then it lifted its head high and I could see bright yellow on its chest. Could it be an Eastern Meadowlark? What a treat to see this colorful bird on this frigid cold winter morning!
It had snowed a few days ago and the tide was going out and this was just so pretty with the snow-covered boats at Hemenway Landing. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
Phil really loves black and white photography, so he will frequently take the same pic as me and then we compare. I can’t decide on this one. What do you think?
We’ve seen this seagull sitting on this fence the past couple of mornings that we’ve been at Fort Hill. He looks like he keeps sentry while overlooking Nauset Marsh with Coast Guard Station in the background.
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