I am finding myself in a peculiar situation this week. Josh and I are getting married on Sat and we have this week and next off for vacation. I don’t think I have had a vacation during the summer since high school because I have always been working during the field season. I’m not quite sure what to do with all my free time now.

So, for our first day off Josh and I decided to go kayaking early this morning before the heavy Cape Cod tourist traffic picked up. Check out our tight ride.

We went to a new spot that is a cedar swamp, which by the way is my new favorite spot, and I brought my camera despite Josh’s reservations about me falling in the water and ruining the camera and lenses. Good thing I did too because we saw some great birds. Let me just say though, it is quite the challenge to focus a lens on a rocking kayak, all while not losing the paddles.

I’m not even sure what kind of turtles these are but I think it is really funny how they all try to cram up on the little bit of wood sticking out of the water.

But enough of that, the good finds of the day were both adult and juvenile black-crowned night herons. The first two pictures are of the juvenile and the last 2 are of the adult plumage.

Lastly there was also the ever-present osprey. This one in particular had picked up a fish. They are not the greatest pictures but that wing-span is pretty impressive, isn’t it?

I have a feeling I wont have as much down time as I am imagining this week as all our friends and family have already started arriving, but I will be sure to post pictures of the festivities for those of you that can’t make it. And then next week we are off to the Riviera Maya in Mexico.

Stay tuned

Trackback URI | Comments RSS