This gorgeous Orchard Oriole was on our jelly feeder this week a few times. I had never seen one before. What a treat!
One of my neighbors emailed me last week that they had an Orchard Oriole on their feeder to give me a ‘heads up.” A couple of days later, here he was at our feeder. He looks very similar to a Baltimore Oriole but with a much deeper orangish-red color. They also have a solid black tail, instead of an orange and black tail.
I kept hearing this Bullfrog in the water by Silver Spring Trail, but I couldn’t see where it was until I used my binoculars and saw him amongst the Lily Pads. With his camouflage coloring, he was quite hidden in there.
This Bullfrog is about 4 and 3/4 ” and the female lays up to 20,000 eggs. Yikes! That is a lot of eggs!! It takes 1-3 years for the tadpoles to develop into adults. Interesting…
The Lily Pads on Silver Spring at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary are just spectacular this year. Phil and I had fun taking different photographs of them.
Here are the 3 that I liked best. What do you think?
This little Chipmunk was so cute as he sat on the fence post at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary munching away. He didn’t have a care in the world!
Sometimes the simple little things make your day…
Cape Cod daily articles on the wonderful Cape Cod places to hike, experience and photograph. A Cape Cod Outdoor Adventure Series.
