Birds and Other Nature Sightings

     A couple weekends back I forewent a peak bird migration locally and took a trip to Rhode Island.  My wife and I met up with my daughter and son-in-law, and we all took a whale watching excursion out of Plymouth, MA.  Some of the birds I miss in May I can look for in September and October when they return south.  They just might not be as colorful as they were going north. The whale watching fleets in Massachusetts tour Stellwagen Bank.  Stellwagen Bank is an 842 square mile national marine sanctuary situated in the Gulf of Maine, between Cape Anne and Cape Cod.  It is an important feeding ground for several species of whales, such as humpbacks , minke , fin , sei and right whales .  My daughter and I took one of these trips last summer and had great, up-close views of humpback whales resting at the surface, oblivious to our presence.  My wife has joined me on a few local trips out of Cape May, NJ.  This was my son-in-law’s firs...