Sea Wall and Popham are great places to see an endangered bird, the Piping Plover, in all its cuteness--and to hope to catch a glimpse of their ridiculously precious babies. I didn't see any babies yet (it's probably a little early), but I did see some adults and some other birds, in their fresh breeding outfits, looking to get lucky.
A Yellow-rumped Warbler, looking very dashing.
A whole lot of Glossy Ibises looking glossy.
The aforementioned Piping Plover, looking cute.
The same little plover, scratching an itch. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I do so love living so close to the beach. Popham is about 40 minutes away, but the actual coastline is only about 5 minutes down the road. But Popham--or in this case, Sea Wall Beach, is lovely. At low tide, it's an enormous stretch of sand--which is a bit of a rarity up here on the rocky coast of Maine.
Looking to my left, toward Popham.
Looking to my right, back toward Brunswick.
This afternoon, I sat out on my deck and watch Pine Warblers, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, and Black-capped Chickadees eat suet and seeds from my feeding station. It was a thrill to see the Piney stand on the very metal hook that I forged myself a couple of weeks ago! I wish I'd gotten a photo but I wasn't fast enough and I was too awestruck to care.
You can keep your 95-degree spring days, Texas. I'll take my 57-degree days up here anytime (as long as the sun is shining--otherwise, it's nippy!).
4 comments:
Nice to see you're posting again!
John! Nice to see you're still checking! Hope you're well!
What a beach! What a plover!
I was slow to catch this post. Good to see that you're up and (hopefully) running again.
Many of us in the UK can only dream of such birds.
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