Wild and Wooly Weekend

Lots of signs that spring is in the air. Warblers are showing up steadily in our area. Black-throated green warblers, yellow warblers, American Goldfinches and 2 Groups of Eider ducks sighted in Irishtown have ducklings in tow. Also 4 goslings have been sighted with 6 Canada Geese surrounding them. 2 Canada Geese have been flying back and forth in the harbor honking back and forth to each other. This weekend was the wild and woolly weekend at the lodge where i spoke to a group of rug hookers about the natural and cultural history of Brier Island. The next day the Cottswold sheep were sheared of their coats for the summer and the rug hookers learned how to clean, card and dye the wool to work their magic on their felting creations of Northern Lighthouse. Vicki Graham owns a business called: Hooking by the Sea Retreats and specializes in rug hooking and providing local talent to showcase Brier Island.

Humpback sighting off Western light

I just got a report from two fisherman from Brier Island that a humpback was sighted near Western Light very close to the shore. Hopefully it will not become entangled in fishing gear. The lobster fisherman are busy ending their spring season and taking up their gear. District 34 lobster season ends May 31.

Turkey Vultures

On May 22 i took a hike to pond cove and sighted three turkey vultures feeding on a seal carcass.
Also sighted that day 2 adult black ducks with 8 ducklings
3 Black-bellied plovers
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Northern Harrier
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
Gull Rock Road
1 Northern Harrier
American Goldfinches
1 Ring-necked Pheasant

Bird's eye Primrose

Went fo a walk the other day to Western Light to see if the primula laurentiana was in bloom and counted 151 flowering plants.