Memorial Day Beach Ramble

Doug explaining

Memorial day morning, my colleague Doug led a Beach ramble for Allens Pond Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary.  There was a great turnout with at least 24+ adults and 3+ children, there were a family sitting on the beach, with chairs, and with their children building castles but once explained the regulations for the beach they actually joined our ramble.  Doug did his usual excellent job of explaining a number of the items that were found on the beach and elsewhere on the walk.  The older children had a great time finding items for Doug to explain about them.  My plan was to do some macro photography, which I did, but due to the large side of of the group I also did some education to people about what we found and what was located around the sanctuary.  My son and his girl did photograph a number of the bird species that we identified.

People on the ramble

people on the ramble

Buttercup with a Cuckoo Wasp

Beach Plum

Our Not so Friendly Plant-Poison Ivy

Glossy Ibis in Flight Taken by Jenna

Catbird

Common Eider

Tree Swallows Mating

Yellow Warbler

Snowy Egret

In all, I agree with Doug, this was our best ramble, and the number of people want to come on more rambles, and also do some volunteer work, plus a few wanted a basic photography course which I will set up later with the sanctuary.

Map of the walk

If anybody is interested in joining other programs that Allens Pond Sanctuary, has you can check on this site at http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#results:sanctuary=25

Hope to see you all on one of the summer rambles.




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Labor Day Beach Ramble

Today is Labor Day, and I led a Beach Ramble at Allens Pond Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary.  Normally on a beach ramble, I am usually only assisting and photographing the ramble.  However, my colleague Doug, who usually leads the rambles, is having back problems and has been advised not to walk on uneven surfaces for the time being.

So I arrived early at the sanctuary and went down to the beach with my long lens and photographed a few of the shorebirds that were present, until people that were walking on the beach drove the shorebirds away.

Sparrow

Piping Plover

Least Sandpiper came within 6 feet of me

 I returned up to the field station, put my camera and lens away and walked across the street for a great breakfast at the Bayside restaurant.  At the start of the ramble.  I had only one person show up, Sarah, who is getting into bird watching and was extremely interested in everything that was occurring in our natural world.  We had a nice leisurely ramble, and Sarah was taking many pictures.

Sarah

 You can tell fall is coming, the poison ivy is starting to turn its bright red color and in fact, in one area, the red was contrasting with the blue of the high bush blueberries.

Poison Ivy and Blueberries

 Finally, around the culvert and walking on the path way was the first fiddler crabs that I have seen this year

Fiddler Crab

 The nicest part of the Allen Pond Sanctuary is the differences that each of the seasons make.  If you of never visited Allens Pond Sanctuary, you should make an effort to visit because of its vast array of various habitats.


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