Sunday, May 13, 2018

5.13.18 Bird Nerd Moment - Mother's Day - Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet, MA 

What do moms want for Mother's Day?  Clearly it depends on the mom, but I believe many of us are thrilled with the opportunity to get to do what we love to do, with the people we love the most.  My family knows how to take care of me as they agreed to go for a birdwatching hike on spectacular trails that were loaded with birds!  Birds know where they are welcome!  I didn't keep a running list, because I was very happily working on capturing each species we encountered in a photo, so I will let the photos provide the list.

So many images to capture! ... including the surprise stars of the show, a marsh FULL of Fiddler Crabs!  They were INCREDIBLE to watch and to listen to!  Of course, to hear the sounds they made as they traveled across the sand, sneaking in and out of their sandy spaces, challenging each other... you had to be quiet.  Quiet is one of the best Mother's Day gifts worth giving.  Thank you family for the quiet love... (double click photos to enlarge)


Baltimore Oriole - male

Common Grackle

Common Grackle

Canada Geese and an American Crow, foraging on the salt marsh

Painted Turtles soaking up Vitamin D

Baltimore Oriole - male

Red-winged Blackbird - male

Red-winged Blackbird - male

Red-winged Blackbird - male

Cedar-Apple Rust Gall

Cool kids


American Copper Butterfly




Fiddler Crab - male





The Fiddler Crabs were really fun to observe

American Black Duck

American Black Duck

Willet



Willet




Willet


Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow

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Singing!

Cottontail camouflage

Great Egret


Great Egret in flight



Red-winged Blackbird - female

Red-winged Blackbird - female

Red-winged Blackbird - female

Baltimore Oriole - male
Hairy Woodpecker - female



Canada Goose

Waiting for me...

Osprey

Meadow Vole

Meadow Vole, about to cross the path

Eastern Bluebird - male

Eastern Bluebird - male

Eastern Bluebird - male
Happy Birding!

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