happy birthday

Our little blue jay babies have hatched! There were 5 eggs, but it looks like there are only 3 babies. They're about 2 days old.

walking weekend 2009 day 3

On the last day of the hiking weekend, Marcella and I joined a dozen other hikers, led by Mark Robinson, for a shore to shore tour of Cotuit pathways and conservation land. A beautiful walk from the ocean through woods, marshes, cedar swamp land, and ending up at Eagle Pond.

All photos are posted on my flickr photo page.

walking weekend 2009 day 2

Today I joined 19 other walkers for a hike through the glacial moraine of Beebe Woods in Falmouth, where we explored kettle holes, ponds, and vernal pools, heard lots of birdsong, and discovered that Cape Cod is not flat. A few photos below -- more on my flickr photo page.

walking weekend 2009 day 1

Last year at this time I was participating in Cape Walk 2008, which is held every other year. This year I'm doing the more relaxed Spring Walking Weekend. Today I joined 14 other walkers and Nickerson State Park Interpreter Todd Kelley as we climbed the Great Divide that separates the Nickerson State Park watershed from the Brewster watershed, and walked the trails around the Little and Big Cliff Ponds.

I'll be doing several more walks this weekend and there will be plenty of photos on my Flickr photo page.

Photos from last year's Cape Walk 2008 are still available here.

phoebe and willow

Even though we spend a lot of the day letting them out and letting them back in and then letting them out again, they're pretty nice to have around.

More new photos here: flickr photostream