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Double-crested Cormorants at sunrise |
With summer came the longest balmy mornings. Wildlife stirred early at Halibut Point. Low tide at dawn made a premier setting for companionable coastal outings.
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Laughing Gull |
Some of the local gulls still sported their breeding plumage into midsummer.
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Ruddy Turnstone, adult male |
So did some of the shorebirds passing through in August on their way back along tremendous migration routes from northern nesting grounds.
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Spotted Sandpiper |
These ones bypassed the more populous marshes and mudflats to specialize in foraging for tiny invertebrates in our rocky intertidal zone.
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An exhausted bird |
After a long night's flight that culminated with a crossing of the Ipswich Bay this songbird dropped onto the shoreline at an early hour of the morning.
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Female American Redstart |
It was an American Redstart, a warbler that would probably stay briefly to rest and refuel in the Park woodlands before continuing its journey to Florida and beyond.
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Caspian Tern |
A Caspian Tern made a rare appearance from southern coastal waters.
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Northern Gannets |
Gannets, which had been mostly absent during the warm months, began to reappear in late summer in their high-altitude peregrinations for fish.
Life proliferated in rhythm with the most generous sunshine of the year.
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