I love the Hahbah Islands!
Birds of winter charm a Harbor Islands cruise
- State and federal officials have teamed up with the owner of a whale-watching boat to offer what many New Englanders might consider to be an oxymoron: a winter cruise.
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![Nor’easter blows dovekies off course - The Boston Globe
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“Overpowered by the blustery storm, a handful of small seafaring birds called dovekies were blown ashore along the Cape, wildlife officials said. Concerned residents found the black and white animals exhausted, cold, and hungry and brought them to local animal care centers to recover.
[…]“Stranded dovekies are a fairly common storm-related phenomenon on the Cape, [Theresa] Barbo [director of the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable] said.
“The birds, which resemble baby penguins and have a wingspan of about a foot, spend about 11 months of the year at sea, only coming on land to nest, she said.
“Dovekies are excellent swimmers, she said, but for all their grace in the water, they are fairly clumsy on land, making it difficult for the birds once they are blown inland.”
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Nor’easter blows dovekies off course - The Boston Globe
[…]
“Overpowered by the blustery storm, a handful of small seafaring birds called dovekies were blown ashore along the Cape, wildlife officials said. Concerned residents found the black and white animals exhausted, cold, and hungry and brought them to local animal care centers to recover.
[…]“Stranded dovekies are a fairly common storm-related phenomenon on the Cape, [Theresa] Barbo [director of the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable] said.
“The birds, which resemble baby penguins and have a wingspan of about a foot, spend about 11 months of the year at sea, only coming on land to nest, she said.
“Dovekies are excellent swimmers, she said, but for all their grace in the water, they are fairly clumsy on land, making it difficult for the birds once they are blown inland.”
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A harbinger of spring
This morning I heard what I usually think of as a harbinger of spring, the “phoebe” call of the Black-capped Chickadee, state bird of Massachusetts. I’ve learned both that this is a mating call, and that the birds court this time of year.
Do you have any photos of Black-capped Chickadees? Would you post ‘em here? Are you hearing any the courting call of the chickadee where you are?
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