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After a quick stop at
Medusa Marsh, we headed for the ferry and watched the
sunset there. |
Many lines of cars were
waiting. A northeasterly was blowing and had slowed
things up by that time. |
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First stop on the
island was dinner at The Village Pump where the perch is
great! |
Saturday morning we headed
out before sunrise in hopes of finding a few shorebirds,
but the waves were too high. |
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We birded along
Lincoln and... |
... at the Himmelblau House
B & B where we were treated to close up looks at two
Cooper's Hawks, a Sharpy and a Bald Eagle. |
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After a wonderful
warbler filled morning we had lunch outside at the
cottage and birded the trees around us. |
After lunch we drove by the
working quarry in hopes of seeing a Broad-winged Hawk but
no luck there. |
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We birded along the
South East shore at a friend's property and saw many
warblers in good variety. |
Dave wanted to have his
picture taken with the owl carved by John Lortz. |
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Karen and Pat enjoyed
the sunset during our cocktail hour. |
And this wonderful warbler
filled day ended. |
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The next morning, on
the way to the North Pond State Nature Preserve, we
found hundreds of Grackles feasting on acorn nuts in
front of Estes School. |
The beginning of the North
Pond trail was pretty quiet. |
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Bill and Ed checking
out the sand dunes. |
Once we got on the boardwalk
things livened up a bit. |
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We ran into Vic at the
tower. He was doing the September Bird Census. |
Karin and Garnet looking up
a Goldenrod in the North Quarry under the grooves. |
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Off on the ferry by 11:30
a.m. with no wait this time. |
It was a calmer ride back to
Marblehead. |
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We had lunch at the
Marblehead Light House. |
On the way over to Pickerel
Creek we stopped on Johnson's Island to check out the
Confederate Cemetery. |
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It was an amazing place. |
Confederate Soldier at what
was once a prison camp. |
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Pickerel Creek was our next
stop. |
It was all a blaze with
giant sunflowers. |
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And we found a few bottled
gentian along with a few shorebird species. |
We finalized out list at
Toft's Ice Cream Parlor. |
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Giant Sunflowers at Pickerel
Creek Wildlife Area. |
