Don Douglas and I were standing near the northern most spot on Cherry and Webb Point, Horseneck Beach, looking in the general direction of Tripp’s Boat Yard when a raptor came into view that was new to both of us....
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Rolling fire - near the birth place of the stars!
Sky and Telescope magazine says it looks like “the roiling ocean in a Winslow Homer seascape.” It isn’t, of course. The light is coming from young, massive stars which are out of the picture to the left. This warms,...
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April 25, 2003
Breakfast at Horseneck
Gorgeous morning for our beach walk - temperature just above freezing, but no wind and as Bren notes, that makes all the difference. The bright sunshine helped. I mentioned the spider crab and the gull the other day. At this...
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April 23, 2003
Brant, spider crabs, and sand
Walking Horseneck today we saw a dozen or more brant. At first glance these guys look like Canada geese, but they're smaller and their heads and necks and are mostly black. We saw a large flock - about 150 -...
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April 17, 2003
What's happening in the fence post?
I'm not sure. The post has been there about 30 years. It's made of locust so it will never rot. Some lilac has grown up around it and in the hole meant for the top rail I have seen two...
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April 15, 2003
Allen's Neck meandering Don and
Allen's Neck meandering Don and I took a hike out to the Vernal pool at Allen's Neck but saw no sign of activity there. We did get good look at a marsh hawk and field sparrow and were able to...
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