ontheroadwithdec

Around the Yard – #1

Please consider all images as copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce them in any way. Thank you; David Clapp. Well it is spring here in the northeast and I/we have been out birding most every day – hence a big gap in blog posts and I’m a bit sorry for that. In aContinue reading “Around the Yard – #1”

Gulls – a worldwide success story

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce any of them. Thank you, DEClapp Gulls of all sorts, about 50 “species”, if laid out next to each other on a very long table, species after species, would pretty much grade from very white to nearly a complete dusky brown.Continue reading “Gulls – a worldwide success story”

Salt Water Surprise

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce any of them. Thank you. David Clapp As I have mentioned previously Cape Cod is a long sandy arm that sticks into the North Atlantic and then bends northward. The town at the elbow, the southeast corner that is, is calledContinue reading “Salt Water Surprise”

Thicket Birds

Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use any of them. Thank you. DEClapp Winter is a difficult time for all sorts of creatures. Insects lay eggs and the adults die, some will over winter but usually just an egg-rich female. Many birds migrate south to locations where the winter weatherContinue reading “Thicket Birds”

A Dolphin’s tale

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission before copying or using. Thank you. DEClapp Here in New England the coast varies from a southerly sandy beach to a rocky northern beach. The state of Rhode Island is quite rocky along its coast and north of Boston it is pretty much all exposedContinue reading “A Dolphin’s tale”

Cold Day at Feeders

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use any of them. Thank you, DEClapp Today was well below freezing and for much of the morning the wind made it feel well below zero. On days like this the birds seem to arrive later than I would have predicted and it isContinue reading “Cold Day at Feeders”

Water fowl –

Please consider all images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce any photos. Thank you. DEClapp The salt water in this part of the world doesn’t freeze like it used to – as a matter of fact it rarely freezes any more at all. The days of icy blocks lifted and pushedContinue reading “Water fowl –”

Just a local Walk

Local birds are often assumed to be common and boring – but not always and perhaps never. Here are a few local species.

Counting birds –

Please consider the images to be copyrighted and ask permission to use or reproduce. Thank you. DEClapp In the last post I mentioned the annual Christmas Count; a bird count within a circle. This is an annual occurrence in over 2500 locations today. In 1900 the tradition of a Christmas “side shoot” was first confrontedContinue reading “Counting birds –”