Transiting Labor Day — pat morss

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Labor Day has passed, and we enter another season.

Before the weekend, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds started stocking up for their migration.
Like our Monarch Butterflies, hummingbirds winter in Mexico (and Central America).
Welcoming ‘American Eagle,’ as schooners assemble for the Labor Day Schooner Festival.
Tabor Academy’s ‘Tabor Boy’ docked at Maritime Gloucester, the evening before the race.
Walking over to the I4C2 docks, Fitz Henry Lane was still painting his painting (wall mural).
It was nice sunset light, looking across to Rocky Neck and Ocean Alliance’s Paint Factory.
‘Adventure’ (center) was among the schooners tied up at I4C2.
The place was hopping with live music at Blue Collar Lobster Co.
On race Sunday, ‘American Eagle’ (beyond) and ‘Thomas E Lannon’ headed to the line.
‘Denis Sullivan’ (Wisconsin) and the others had an escort flotilla during the “Parade of Sail.”
Post-holiday, there are many juvenile (L) and adult Little Blue Herons on Niles Pond.
This first-year youngster is experiencing a partial molt of non-flight body feathers.
And here’s what his non-molting brethren still look like.
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