You can see by how the beach grass is planted that Cape Cod National Seashore is trying to control the erosion of the beaches.
“Planting beach grass on Cape Cod is one of the best natural ways to prevent land loss due to erosion in beach communities. While it may seem out of place at the beach, it’s been intentionally planted on US beaches since the 1700s to help prevent erosion.”
Beach grass helps prevent coastal erosion by stabilizing sand dunes on the beach. The beach grass achieves this by acting as a natural fence and having deep roots.
Whenever I look at those impressive stairs at Marconi Beach, I am in awe… that they have withstood the winters here for so many years is amazing. And then to walk on that gorgeous beach….
This beautiful Cardinal was splashing away in this little puddle in the middle of the trail at Fort Hill. He was so much fun to watch. He was loving it! (Click on blog link for other photos.)
And then came along a Yellow-Rumped Warbler who joined him and then a Sparrow. They were all having quite the bath!
You can see how small the puddle is by the 3rd photograph. Way too cute! We must have stood there for 5-10 minutes watching them all.
We had just taken a wonderful walk down Coast Guard Beach. It was just beautiful. And then we turned around and saw those ominous clouds… and hurried back before the storm was upon us!
Yesterday was a beautiful day for a hike at Fort Hill. The skies were sunny and the temperature was almost 50 degrees. (Click on blog link for other photo that shows him way high up!)
As we were heading back to the parking lot from our hike, I spotted a Red-Tailed Hawk way up high on the telephone pole. Wow! He was way up there! We stopped and clicked away while he stayed there for quite a while. Beautiful bird, don’t you think?
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
