In the last week of May, Jane and I take a overnight trip to Cape Ann to do some spring birdwatching and wildflower spotting. We start our morning in the Parker River Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, where we walk on the beach, and I use my new 600mm lens to photograph wading birds, waterfowl, and an osprey. In the afternoon, after eating lunch in Essex, we travel to Halibut Point State Park, where we walk around the park’s old flooded quarry, exploring the rocky tide pools by the ocean and photographing the profusion of wildflowers and colorful ground cover - buttercups, geraniums, flowering berry shrubs, and carpets of delicate bluets and bright red sorrel. After a relaxing hotel evening in Rockport, we catch sunrise at the harbor before returning to the city.
