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Daily Bucket: Cape Ann, Massachusetts in November [1]

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Date: 2022-11-30

~ Rockport, Massachusetts...Halibut Point State Park ~

Black-eyed Susan, November 2022

sign and wildflowers at the entrance of Halibut Point State Park (zoom)

Trees and greenbrier along the path to the quarry lake, Halibut Point State Park

looking up at the treetops

view of Babson Farm Quarry lake around sunset, Halibut Point State Park

view from the path by the quarry lake

view of the Visitor’s Center across the quarry lake...but you can imagine it’s a castle

path to the ocean at Halibut Point State Park

A 1 ½ minute video I took at Halibut Point just before sunset in mid-November…I didn’t see many birds there that day, so this is mostly just a video of waves...

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Surf Scoters flying over the ocean, Halibut Point State Park

Harlequin Ducks on the ocean (zoom)

~ Rockport, Massachusetts...Old Granite Pier ~

Old Granite Pier is on the left. There have been many buoys and lobster pots dotting the bay this fall...on this day most of them seemed to have been hauled up.

Male and female Common Eiders (and a female Surf Scoter and possibly a female Buffie?...zoom)

In this season, adult male Common Eiders look like glowing lamps on the water.

Closer to the rocks at the side of the pier, a Harlequin drake (zoom)...another drake and a hen were nearby

A 31-second video of that Harlequin (with apologies to those of you who prefer original wave and wind sounds...I don’t remember why I removed the sound in this one, probably the camera focusing was too loud)...

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Common Loon on the ocean, Old Granite Pier

Merlin...it had flown over to the other side of the pier, looked darker than in my lead pic because of the different light

Merlin

Merlin

~ Gloucester, Massachusetts...Stage Fort Park ~

Stage Fort Park, looking towards the playground and the harbor

paths in Stage Fort Park

Stage Fort Park...the path to the right leads out to the rocks

view of Gloucester Harbor from Stage Fort Park

immature male? Red-breasted Merganser, Gloucester Harbor

I saw at least ten RB Mergansers there that day, and a few Black Ducks

looking southeast from the clearing on the rocky overlook (where there are still some cannons) at Stage Fort Park, Gloucester

looking towards downtown Gloucester from the rocks at State Fort Park

metal bench overlooking Gloucester Harbor at Stage Fort Park

Surf Scoter drakes (pics taken from the bench in the photo above)

Surf Scoter drake

~ Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts...Singing Beach ~

Two-minute video (again mostly just waves...there were a couple of Common Loons just off-shore, which I didn’t get good pictures of)...

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~ Manchester-by-the-Sea...Manchester-Essex Wilderness Conservation Area ~

sign at the conservation area entrance

view near the entrance of Manchester-Essex Wilderness Conservation Area

52-second video of gulls mysteriously circling in the sky above the cedar swamp (or maybe above the nearby ocean)...I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many gulls doing this, before…

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pond at Manchester-Essex Wilderness Conservation Area

looking up into the treetops at Manchester-Essex WCA

boardwalk at Manchester-Essex WCA

freshwater marsh at Manchester-Essex WCA

~ Essex, Massachusetts...Conomo Point ~

looking north from Conomo Point towards Corn Island and Crane Beach

view of the salt marsh towards the north, from the road to Conomo Point

Red-breasted Merganser at Conomo Point

Herring Gull at Conomo Point

~ Essex, Massachusetts...Allyn Cox Reservation ~

field with salt marsh beyond

tree at Allyn Cox Reservation in Essex

path and bench at Allyn Cox Reservation

path (and driveway for a handful of residents) at Allyn Cox Reservation

view of field, marsh and farmland from the path at Allyn Cox Reservation

Rosehip brambles along the path

Northern Mockingbird, official greeter at Allyn Cox Reservation

It’s 49° F and cloudy here on the North Shore of Massachusetts this morning, with 100% chance of rain later. Some of my favorite sights the past few days: a handful of Golden-crowned Kinglets in a pine tree by the ocean in Rye New Hampshire, six Hooded Mergansers on the pond in my backyard, a small flock of Buffleheads (first of the season) on Plum Island, and more Common Eiders, Red-breasted Mergansers and Harlequins on Cape Ann.

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