September 3rd, 2010
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September 1st, 2010
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September 1st, 2010
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August 29th, 2010
admin Of course, one of the iconic sights on the way to Sachuest Point is Hanging Rock, so I just had to get a shot. It’s part of the Norman Bird Sanctuary and overlooks Sachuest Point, Sachuest Beach, and Easton’s Point, offering beautiful views from the top. I call it “iconic” because it’s come to stand for Middletown, RI, and they’ve even used it on the town seal.
August 29th, 2010
admin There wasn’t anything interesting off Hazard Rd. on the Cove, but down on the Ocean Drive end at the Green Bridge it was feeding frenzy time – about 2 dozen Double-Crested Cormorants, a dozen Great Egrets, a dozen Snowy Egrets, 2 Great Blue Herons, and about 10 Common Terns. It was near high tide and the Cormorants were corralling the fish while the rest of the birds waded (the Egrets and Herons) or dove (the Terns) into the fray. Unfortunately most of this happened well outside camera range for me, although it was fun to watch in the binoculars. But I did manage to get a shot of an immature Bonaparte’s Gull across the road on the ocean side.
Photos & text © 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger
August 27th, 2010
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Touro Synagogue, 1763; the oldest synagogue in the US.
The Great Friends Meeting House, 1699; the oldest house of worship in Rhode Island and the home of the New England Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (aka Quakers).
Union Congregational Church, 1835; the first free African American church in Rhode Island (now a residence).
Photos & text © 2009 & 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger
August 25th, 2010
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August 23rd, 2010
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Our biweekly bird walk didn’t last very long. I got this shot of the very odd clouds overhead on the way to meet the others at the Norman Bird Sanctuary. It started spitting during our first stop and really started coming down at our second stop. By the time we got to Gooseneck Cove at Hazard Rd. we didn’t even get out of the cars. Oh well…
Photo © 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger
August 21st, 2010
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,Photos and slideshow © 2009 & 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger