If you take a walk down Coast Guard Beach, you will see most of the upper beach to the right is cordoned off with stakes and string to keep the public off of that area. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
Within the area you can see little cages that have been put over the nesting Piping Plovers so that a predator cannot reach the eggs or the chicks. The birds can easily get in and out.
We are so lucky that these precious little Piping Plovers come back every year to nest on Coast Guard Beach!
You know it’s summer when this 3-masted schooner makes its way back to Pleasant Bay for the summer. What a gorgeous sailboat! (Click on blog link for other photo.)
It was fun to be out on the water when it motored by. You almost felt like you were “playing with the big boys!”
We were driving down the road when I saw a flash of white in the grass by the side of the road. I told Phil to stop the car and I ran out … was I in for a treat for there was a “bouquet” of Star of Bethlehem wildflowers growing in the middle of the grass. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
The “Star of Bethlehem is a winter bulb belonging to the Lily family, and blooms in late spring or early summer.” You can see the “star” in the center of the flower in the 2nd photograph.
Have you ever seen this delicate little flower?
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
