Flocking to the Visitors' Center

One dark and gloomy afternoon crows descended like pall bearers on the Halibut Point Visitors' Center. Finding no heartbeat in the building they pronounced it deceased.

They well knew that the structure had been shuttered by mold and deterioration the previous season. They could see signs of exploratory surgery but the Center lay inert.

The crows notified their Brethren of Hades that post mortem gleanings might be had.

The vultures swooped down toward the scent of demise.

They assessed the possible cadaver expertly but realized it had not yet breathed its last.

A  declaration of resuscitation had been posted by the Commonwealth. A security fence went up around the infirmary.

Temporary opportunities abounded within the decrepitude for useful occupation.

Various winged species investigated.
 

A pair of phoebes recognized that the fence protected their design on an alcove.

They managed to tend to their brood as the clamor commenced in earnest.

The new roof, weatherproofing, and mold removal that the Department of Conservation and Recreation has accomplished have made the building habitable again, not just for the birds. Interpretive displays on flora and fauna, geology, industrial and military history have been developed with an overall unifying theme of being "on the edge" according to DCR preservation planner Jessica Rowcroft.

Amidst all the progress, equipment movement around the Visitors' Center has created some dandy ruts supplying building materials to barn swallows.

They try not to swallow it on the return to their own construction site.

Public meeting rooms and possibly a gallery will occupy the second floor when it reopens in the spring, giving the mockingbird something to crow about.