Black Guillemot
Scusett Beach
Horned Grebe,
Scusett Beach
From Plymouth I drove right down to P-town harbor. I figured I could start there and visit locations on the way back. Conditions were much different in P-town. It was overcast with a steady breeze and raw, but the birding was fabulous.
Common Eider,
MacMillan Wharf,
P-town Cape Cod
Razorbill
MacMillan Wharf,
P-town Cape Cod
Thick-billed Murre,
MacMillan Wharf,
P-town Cape Cod
In addition to the birds photographed I also saw a Brown booby (lifer), 10 harlequins, a long-tailed duck, great cormerants, and a slew of common loons. I left P-town for Race Point to view the ocean side. There must of been 5000 red breasted mergansers, but nothing close to shore. Standard gulls and a few northern gannets were buzzing around. I spent a bit of time on the beach listening to the waves.
Sorry to my mid-western friends, but I really could never live away from the ocean. It is truly amazing.
I departed P-town for Wellfleet Harbor. Heard a report of a dovekie hanging out along the dock. It was low tide when I arrived so the birds were right along the dock. Tons of Boneparte's Gulls diving for minnows. I was standing on a boat ramp and up came a Red throated loon. He didn't care that I was there. I spent so much time gawking at the loon that I almost didn't see the Dovekie pop up next to me.
Red-throated loon
Wellfleet Harbor
Dovekie
Wellfleet Harbor
An amazing birding day!
6 comments:
wow Tucker, fantastic finds. If only I had a little more time to make a trip - alcids are a group I have never seen. Great shots of them
John, you are producing some extremely good photographs of the birds you see. Helps me in identifying birds that I see !
Wowzer, so many awesome birds!! I am super envious of all the alcids, not to mention the fantastic photos you got!
Awesome! I saw the Brown Booby at the cape over the summer..I heard it was still hanging around.
I want a Dovkie!!!
Great shot on the Common Eider, John.
I will be back for more.
Thanx for sharing.
At PTown's MacMillan Wharf July 18,'19... saw a distant flock of black ducks swimming near boats... some had white throats...some had white wing-streaks. All had strong necks and triangular beaks. Working always on land where I know most birds well, I'd like to like to know who these birds may have been.
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