Nantucket has some seriously awesome birds at all different times of the year. Although I have never been birding before I borrowed a Mass Audubon Bird book from the Umass Field station as well as a pair of binoculars in order to explore more observantly. While out and about near the harbor and on the open fields of Sanford Farm, I identified a few ducks and gulls.  I spent time with a truly gorgeous and plump American Robin who persistently pecked away at soft ground near Folgers Marsh. Black Bufflehead ducks with their white crowns swam peacefully on Head of Hummock Pond and floated about with the green and brown Mallards and a pair of geese.