Today, as I was giving a tour of the lighthouse, I asked the last of the group to close the door on their way in. It’s something I ask of every group (otherwise the swallows will join us) when it occurred to me… the swallows are gone.


There is a fair amount of avian wildlife on Seguin. Gulls, cormorants, osprey, catbirds, finches all call the island home. We even watched a bald eagle from our front porch today. But of all of these, the swallows are my favorite. I learned this summer that the swallows nesting under the boat house are barn swallows, while the ones nesting in the keepers quarters are cliff swallows. They’ve been dive bombing the lawn all summer and their constant presence and thrilling acrobatics will be a treasured memory of mine. It’s another sign that the seasons are beginning to shift. Fair winds, friends.

DAILY WEATHER REPORT
Temp: 71.1°F / 55.2°F
Sunny and breezy
Wind: SSW 4.2 mph / Gust: 10.3 mph
High Tide: 9:57am / 10:07pm
Low Tide: 3:49am / 3:55pm

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