In Lexington, with my buddy Steve

The focus of our trip

The tip of Cape Cod And Provincetown, probably the most enjoyable destination on the trip and where many of the pictures are taken.

Rugged fishing for lobster in winter!

American Tree Sparrow, small, daintily elegant, but extremely well adapted to the cold, cold north!

Male Longtailed Duck, Aptly named.

Female Long-tailed Duck (with a short tail of course!)

Pileated Woodpecker, One of five species of woodpecker in my friend’s backyard

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Uncommonly Elegant Common Eider.

Female Common Eider, very different from the male but also sublimely beautiful.

Young male Eider

Maniacal Herring Gull

You lookin’ at ME?

Not used to this…

Grounded gulls in parking lot

Plum Island

Snow Duck

Harlequin Ducks love the roughest water

Common Loon

Race Point dunes

One of only 400 North Atlantic Right Whales in existence

Top of her head and a bit of baleen

Ate well-here, Indian in New Hampshire

Portuguese influence in Provincetown, “flippers” for breakfast

Surf Scoter

Brant- a sea goose

Long-tailed Duck

Brant

One of the most exciting lifers of the trip –Thick-billed Murres

Not polite to stare!

Not usually this approachable

Spots on underside indicate that this Snowy Owl is a female

Yawn

Hooded Merganser

Horned Larks

White-throated Sparrow

Red-breasted Merganser

Never got my fill of “Common” Eiders

Merganser in flight

Sunset at MacMillan wharf in Provincetown

Another take on sunset at Race Point

Cape Cod mood

Memorable sunset. Tally: 1st trip in years. Postponed twice (Covid and Nor’easter). Stayed with most awesome BBB (best bird buddy) and renewed friendship with another pal not seen in 40 years. 4 Life Birds: Purple Sandpiper, Northern Gannet, Razorbill, and Thick-billed Murre. Not to mention first RIGHT WHALE! What a trip!