January has been a busy month for me as the winter months I make quilt tops and quilt them.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Cape May County ~ Two Mile Beach
There was a storm over the past few days that came with high tides and high winds so off we went to the beach to see what shells had been pushed onshore. There were Whelk shells by the hundreds --some with critters living inside and some without the critters. We also saw a Savannah Sparrow fedding along the edge of the dunes where sand has been lost from the storm.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Jake's Landing
Seaside Sparrow |
Nelson's Sparrow |
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Sunrise over the Bay
Today, just after I got up I noticed that the moon was still full and had not yet gone behind the horizon. The full moon along with the high tides will probably be good for birding at the marsh.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Hand Dyed Fabrics
Friday, January 15, 2016
Snowflake Swap
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Cape May Point State Park
White Pelicans |
Tundra Swan |
Drake Gadwall |
Hen Gadwall |
Hen & Drake (front) Mallards |
Labels:
birds,
ducks,
Gadwall,
Mallards,
Tundra Swan,
White Pelicans
Monday, January 4, 2016
Flowers in January
It is surely hard to believe that it is January. There have been unseasonably warm temperatures the past few months. For this reason we still had butterflies flying in NJ into January. I am involved in logging butterflies I see into a South NJ butterfly log. So far in January there have been sightings of 2 Monarchs, a number of Common Buckeyes, Orange Sulphurs and Clouded Sulphurs. I saw my last butterfly on Dec 27th and it was a Clouded Sulphur at Cox Hall Creek WMA. I still have some flowers booming in my yard - several species of Gaillardia planted in spring 2015, some Lantana and Petunia that didn't succumb to the heavy frost we had one night in Dec and Pansies planted in October. Driving along the roadways I saw Iris blooming along with early spring flowers.
Friday, January 1, 2016
Lake Champlain ~ Hooded Mergansers
Happy New Year! I am looking forward to another winter of seeing ducks and getting out and enjoying the wildlife that's around Cape May County in the winter. Two favorite places to visit are Avalon 8th Street Jetty and Lake Champlain. Today's visit was to Lake Champlain which is much closer to my home. There were a group of Hooded Mergansers on the lake. I just love how they look with the their hoods up.
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