It seems like a lifetime ago when I started birding Parker River NWR, hard, every day, waiting at the gate before sunrise. Eventually, I began starting the car about 3 seconds before the gate was about to open, not wanting any further delays on spending the whole morning birding and doing handheld super telephoto photography, my joy and specialty.
In between those visits to Plum Island, I walked and birded the meadows, woods, and coastline of Cape Ann and Essex County. I knew every cart path and bike trail, even cutting a few of my own. Unfortunately, time constraints eventually restricted me to birding-in-place at my home. Luckily, I lived in a combination migrant trap / breeder paradise on Cape Ann.
So, I began a two-year project to turn my property into a pollinator / breeder paradise with concentrations of New England natives. It was so quick and easy to immediately begin seeing dozens of new and interesting insects and previously unseen bees, wasps, and hornets, followed by a significant increase in the activity of birds and mammals. For example, to see Kinglets leisurely feeding at ground level within a cluster of Viburnums was amazing. They were the latest new yard bird not too long ago, before a Black-crowned Night-Heron decided to swing by one day recently. Nature is out there at our doorstep just waiting for favorable and encouraging conditions that we can easily provide.
Our place within nature.
Follow every trail, paddle every river, or follow every road. See what's around the next bend, what is next to discover, who or what is next to experience along the trail of discovery.
Except, we would encourage you to remove your human boundaries, and embrace the magic of the wilderness.
Finally, electrics have arrived.
When you use our fleet of electrics to explore the natural world in a whole new way, you'll open up a whole new world of discovery that has been hiding in plain, gas-powered sight.
2023 is the watershed year.
Aside from motorized kayaks which are available for rental now, other amazing rentals will become available in late 2022 or early 2023. Reach out if you're trying to pre-plan an adventure and we can directly work with you in advance of public availability.