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More signs of spring…

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Every day now there are more signs of spring here on Cape Cod. If you are a life long resident like I am you know that spring can be a real tease around here. Unlike some areas, the signs of spring can be subtle but that’s okay, we’ll take them as they come…

like this little guy getting on his yellow. Many of the male goldfinches that visit my feeders daily are still rather mottled looking but this little guy is almost all the way to his summer breeding plumage and looks quite handsome.

002Ospreys are back all over the Cape. This one is in Hyannis…

011 Piping plovers are also back on the beaches…I photographed this one at Popponessett in Mashpee the other day…

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I was in Popponessett helping a friend who is in charge of Mass Audubon’s Coastal Waterbird Program put up the fencing to protect these little fellas as they prepare to nest….

036Boats are being cleaned, nets mended and shutters painted. All over the Cape spring seems to be stirring everyone into action. What are some of your favorite signs of spring on Cape Cod?

 

 

A day at the beach

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is always better than a day at the office, don’t you think? I am very lucky because in many ways the beach, the woods, the ponds and the fields are my offices. They are the places i gather inspiration for my writing and for my art. They are where I work the best.

I love seeing the opreys on their nests

and watching a mockingbird search for food, singing all the while…

I love finding shells that look like the bleached out skeletons they really are….

and I love finding the washed up egg cases of whelks that look like twisted backbones along the high tide wrack…

And I love seeing the little piping plovers running in and out of the quiet waves as the tide recedes…

yep, a day at the beach sure beats a day inside an office….