Five hundred acres of forest and bluff meadow with the Sound at the bottom of it — the widest habitat range of anywhere on this list. Budget the extra descent to West Point; the lighthouse beach is where the loons and alcids are.
Migrants drop into the forest edges; terns return to the Sound.
Guillemots and auklets fish off West Point; martins use the snags.
Seawatching picks up; sparrows flood the meadows.
The best season at West Point: loons, grebes, and sea ducks close to shore.
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