Saturday Critters #623

The Yellow Rumped Warblers 

have returned to my feeders...they will stay here for the winter.

I only see these birds during the cold weather.

They have been nicknamed "Butter-Butt".

They are able to stay north because they are attracted to and able to digest waxy berries of plants like the Bayberry and Wax Myrtles.

They are the only Warbler that does not migrate to Florida.

Male Downy Woodpecker

The Downy Woodpecker is the smallest of all of the woodpeckers, 

they excavate a hole in a tree to prepare for nest building.

Males and females are similar, the male has a red patch on the back of it's head, the female does not.

I see both Male and Female Downy Woodpeckers year round.

Female Downy Woodpecker

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The Alestorm

This past week we took the 15 minute drive to see the Alestorm, 

a 32 foot Catalina Sailboat beached in Sea Girt on September 20, 2025.

The sailboat ran aground during a storm while traveling from New York to Florida,

"the weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless crew,

the Alestorm would be lost"

The hubs made me add that part...

The Alestorm remains on the beach in Sea Girt, the owner and the township are working together

trying to figure out how to remove the sailboat.

The owner stayed with the boat for a period, receiving help from the locals,

after 30 days he abandon the boat.

I guess there is a lot more to the story, the owner of the boat has a bit of a questionable background.

The owner of the sail boat mistook the beacon from the nearby lighthouse for an inlet.

It was a beautiful day, and an amazing sight to see this huge sailboat on the beach.

The hubs...looking for sea glass and shells, he didn't find any.

Only a few yards away,

The Sea Girt Lighthouse

an L shaped Victorian building flashed it's first light December 10, 1896...

the beacon could be seen from 15 miles at sea.

The lighthouse was built to illuminate a blind spot midway in a 38 mile stretch between the 

Navesink River Lighthouse and the Barnegat Lighthouse.

- built in 1896 and restored in 1981 -