First stop on Block Island? Southeast Light. And it's not just for the history.There were southeast winds. Peregrine falcons dangle in the air at the lighthouse, on Mohegan Bluffs, when those conditions are right. They did not disappoint that day.
Unfortunately, there were signs of more erosion in the area, the kind that pushed the lighthouse back to its current location in 1993. Bank swallow nests are a good thing - for bank swallows. For us, it's a sign of recent natural destruction.
Elsewhere on the island, life was good. The fish were jumping at Sachem Pond...
...the groundsel was in bloom...
...and Rebecca continued to stand firm in her conviction that temperance is a good thing.
Thicket owners threw open their gates to warblers and birders alike.
A red-eyed vireo struck a window at the Coast Guard station, but shook it off and was doing fine when we left.
No matter where we looked, fall was peeking through.
And soon we ran out of time. By the time the ferry whistle blew, we had seen about 100 species of birds, but not nearly as much of the island as we had wanted.
Sigh...there's always next year. We'll be back. The Block bug has bitten us all.
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