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Great Point Light

Greg — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:31:38 +0000

Endless Summer

Greg — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:28:16 +0000

Scenes from today’s Ozone Surf Classic, Cisco Beach. Another wonderful, charitable local event. Hats off to the organizers!

Race Week

Greg — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:08:16 +0000

Back to back weekend race events. First the wildly popular Nantucket Triathlon, then this weekend, Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Race For Open Space. Certainly a good cause. Fog in the morning and humid, hazy heat at racetime, made this a tough event to photograph. Okay, okay, I’m sure it was easier to snap it then to actually participate!

Nantucket Triathlon, 2010

Greg — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:49:49 +0000

Great event. Congrats to the organizers and the local first-timers!

Charity on Ice — Maddux’s Pair Skate with Dorothy Hamill

Greg — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:14:06 +0000

Thanks Dorothy!

Independence Day

Greg — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:05:00 +0000

A few scenes from an amazing holiday weekend.

Pre-Holiday Fireworks

Greg — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:15:16 +0000

On a scale of 1 to 10, the weather we’re having these days is a 100. Unbelievable. Amazing light. Yesterday evening’s skies upstaged the upcoming fireworks show!

Madaket Ospreys

Greg — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:09:26 +0000

We had the thrill this morning to go with Dr. Bob Kennedy and his Maria Mitchell team to band the 6 week old osprey chick at Madaket. The nest sits atop a 50-foot high pole, overlooking Long Pond. As you climb the ladder to the chick, the parents circle overhead, complaining loudly. The chicks, fortunately, play dead. They’re brought down peacefully in a canvas bag, and a band is applied to its white foot without a struggle.

James was able to hold the chick.

And I was able to climb the ladder to take a picture of the chick back in its nest.

Click here for more information about Maria Mitchell Association and Dr. Bob Kennedy’s osprey research program, as well as the amazing adventures of Mr. Hannah, the Nantucket osprey banded with a solar-powered GPS transmitter.

The Orchestra is in Session

Greg — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:56:16 +0000

We visited the Coskata Pond area this weekend and found muddy beaches and tidal flats literally carpeted by new fiddler crabs. A moving, snapping purple rug. They are everywhere. When you walk towards them, they scamper, up into the grass and out into the water, clearing you a path at almost the exact pace of a walk. As they hit the grassy areas, their numbers are so great that you hear them as they move through the reeds. It sounds like rain, or bacon frying. Amazing. Here are some images:

Cisco Surf

Greg — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:06:18 +0000