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Monday, July 12, 2010

South Beach, Chatham ..Birding

Howdee all,

When in Chatham we took a boat shuttle from Stage Harbor to South beach.

The shuttle cost is 15 dollars round trip per person.

We left at 8am

Our main goal was to see the Red-necked Stint…

a rare bird that was seen a few days ago …A foggy morning

The larger boat is the shuttle that took us to South beach. South Beach..

We have walked to this area in the past via Lighthouse beach.

12 mile RT south beach birding_004

Willet walking the shallows Looking north….

Does this lobster claw look big or small? HUge! i think he is clamming….. This Black-backed gull is munching on a large Horseshoe crab. Looking for the Stint south beach birding_025 Is it here amongst the Dowitchers?Not here not here….Nope….not here Two men clamming.. Piping Plover..we saw many plover families…

they nest in this area… Fog burning off over this shallow pond.Bright Green algae… We walked the long shallow inlet..mucky and smelly… A few Oyster catchers and families… Dunes thousands of horseshoe crab shells… Its low tide…still no sign of the stint…. south beach birding_106 We head back to catch the 2pm shuttle..It has been a beautiful calm,cool morning on South beach…

We never did see the Stint..

But we enjoyed the peaceful walk…. That evening at the families home we saw a lovely sunset while sitting out on the deck.

Some of the birds seen that morning

Willet
Piping plover
Barn swallow
Song sparrow
Cormorant
Black backed gull
American pipit
Least sandpiper
Horned lark
Oystercatcher
Least tern
Herring gull
Short billed dowitcher
Semi-palmated sandpiper
Laughing gull
Hudsonian godwit
Dunlin
Snowy egret
Common tern
Savannah sparrow

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Sunset Lighthouse beach, Chatham Ma, Pink water

Howdee all,

This is a continuation from my previous post on Lighthouse beach.

We stayed for the sunset on the fourth of July.

Natures fireworks. Cool blues and pinks to the south and east.

Warm Oranges and gold's, pinks and blues in the west…. sunset chatham_083 Families walk the beach… Gulls and orange sky

I notice the water changing color sunset chatham_107 Orangy pinks…

Wow..Pink water…

Do you see the lighthouse? sunset chatham_103 How about now? Chatham Lighthouse.

and Pink Ocean…. sunset chatham_105

Awesome fireworks.. sunset chatham_104

Courtesy of Mother Nature

sunset chatham_099

Jeff, Samarrah and I are on our way to Acadia National park.

First stop..

LLBean

Do you want anything?

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Lighthouse beach,Chatham, MA

Howdee all,

July 4th Jeff and I went for a walk on Lighthouse beach.

It was a beautiful evening

Soft clouds ..

We went looking for a few birdsWe walked from the ocean side to the bay Bayside Mudflats.. We saw a few birdies… Not many photos of birds…they were a bit too far for my baby camera to reach…

I did take allot of landscape photos…What I enjoyed most that night was being in nature.. sunset chatham_022 Enjoying the changes in the night sky… sunset chatham_030 The gulls glowing in the setting sun…Distant gull photos.. sunset chatham_035 I kinda like the soft out of focus painting effect.