Southeastern Connecticut Views

SUN OPENING

A custodial worker mops the the Winter entrance at Mohegan Sun Casino Thursday, May 21, 2020. Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods both plan limited openings June 1st. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

HARBOR WILDLIFE

1/24/20 :: REGION :: STAND ALONE :: A Common Loon emerges from the water with a crab in its beak while searching for food in the waters of Stonington Harbor Friday, January 24, 2020. Connecticut falls within the migratory area for the Common Loon which lives and breeds in Canada and the far northern U.S. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

EAGLE ROUGH RIDE

2/27/20 :: REGION :: STAND ALONE :: The U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, training tall ship for the Coast Guard, navigates choppy waters as it passes Ledge Light at the mouth of New London Harbor Thursday, February 27, 2020. The Unviersity of Connecticut weather station at Ledge Light reported wind speeds in excess of 40 mph with gusts over 50 mph at the time. Eagle has been undergoing routine maintenance at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, for the last month. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

ROCKY NECK EGRETS

A great egret gulps down its meal while hunting for food in the Bride Brook Salt Marsh at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme Monday, April 6, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

FALLS WEATHER

Visitors to Yantic Falls, also known as Indian Leap, in Norwich stroll across the footbridge to view the torrent Friday, April 17, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

COLD DAFFODIL

Eva Pazzaglia, 18 months old, walks through a field of daffodils while visiting Harkness Memorial State Park with her grandmother Pam Britagna and mother Jen Pazzaglia, not pictured, all of Waterford, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. “We have to get outside even in the cold,” said Britagna of their decision to take a walk even in the cold temperatures. According to the National Weather Service the colder temperatures should continue with highs in the mid 40’s on Thursday and Friday. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

GLOSSY IBIS FEEDING

A flock of glossy ibis land after flying to a new spot to feed in the Paffard Marsh off Rt. 1 in Stonington Thursday, April 23, 2020. The glossy ibis winters in Central American and migrates to the northeastern U.S. for breeding in the spring. The can also be found year-round in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

USS HARTFORD TRANSIT

The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) passes the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as it transits the Thames River between Groton and New London en route to its home port at the naval submarine base in Groton Thursday, April 23, 2020. The Hartford was returning from routine operations. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

CTANG FLYBY

A Connecticut Air National Guard 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H aircraft flies low over the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich Thursday, May 14, 2020 as part of a statewide salute to healthcare workers. The aircraft departed Bradley Field and passed at least 26 hospitals in the tribute flight. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

FOGGY GOLF

A trio of golfers return to their carts after putting through the fog on the 16th hole at the Shennecossett golf course in Groton Friday, May 29, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

LIGHTHOUSE STROLL

A pair of walkers stroll along the walking path at UConn Avery Point approaching the Avery Point Light Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The lighthouse, completed in 1944 but not lit for the first time until after WWII ended, was restored between 2001 and 2006 by the Avery Point Lighthouse Society. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

MYSTIC RIVER

A woman riding a stand up pedal board ducks to get under the Mystic River Bascule Bridge Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

MYSTIC RIVER

A boater and two kayakers on the Mystic River float by the T/V Liberator, a training vessel for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, in the ship lift at the Mystic Seaport Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard Tuesday, June 9, 2020. T/V Liberator has been with the USMMA since 2007, having previous served as a training vessel for the U.S. Naval Academy. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

USS PROVIDENCE CROSSING

The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) moves past the Cross Sound Ferry MV John H in the area of General Dynamics Electric Boat in New London en route to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton on Monday, June 15, 2020. The Providence, commissioned in July 1985, was the first Los Angeles-class submarine to be equipped with the Tomahawk cruise missile vertical launch system. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

KAYAKS EN MASSE

A flotilla of kayakers make their way down the Black Hall River in Old Lyme Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Old Saybrook’s Lynde Point Light can be seen across the Connecticut River in the distance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

KITE FLYING

Paula Dubay, from right, of Colchester, runs with a kite as she is followed by her grandchildren Auggie Baferemet, 3, JJ Walitynski, 7, and Myra Baferemet, 5, as the family flies kites at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford on Wednesday, June 25 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

THUNDERHEAD

A thunderhead, a cumulonimbus cloud indicating a thunderstorm, over the area of Stafford, Conn., is visible over 40-miles distant from Niantic Bay in East Lyme Monday, June 22, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

TRUMBULL REPOINTING

Brian Ploof, a stone mason with G Donovan Associates, works on repoint the stone walls of Ft. Trumbull on Wednesday, June 24 2020 in New London. “These stones will last forever,” said Ploof of the work, “what’s holding them together, not so much.” He said the job of grinding out the existing mortar and replacing it for the entire fort has been a multiyaer project that he has done mostly alone. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Boat Crossing

A boat with Project Oceanology and a sailboat move past New London Ledge Light, as seen from UCONN Avery Point, on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

FISHIGN TERNS

A common tern emerges with a meal after a dive into.the waters just off Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Thursday, July 2, 2020. Great Gull Island, about six-miles distant, is home to one of the largest colonies of common and roseate terns in North America. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

FERRY CROSSING

A bumblebees searches for nectar on pickerelweed blossoms as the historic Chester-Hadlyme Ferry M/V Selden III crosses the Connecticut River Thursday, July 9, 2020 in the shadow of Gillette Castle State Park. The seasonal ferry, the second oldest continuously operating ferry in the state. The ferry runs from April through November. The ferry can carry from 8-9 cars per trip and connects state route 148 across the river. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

NFA BRICK WORK

Workers with New England Masonry and Roofing Co., Montana Lamphere and Octavio Vasquez, left, and Benny Naxhaku and Jeff Rrahimi, right, remove bricks from the top tiers of the Cranston Building clock tower at Norwich Free Academy Monday, July 6, 2020. The summer-long project, which will rebuild the top portion of the tower, began with a crane removing 1,000 pound caps from the structure. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

OSPREY OFFSPRING

An adult osprey and two offspring perch in their platform nest in the Paffard Marsh Preserve off Rt. 1 in Stonington Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Osprey generally mate for life and lay a clutch of 2-4 eggs each year. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

ANOTHER EAGLE RETURN

The U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle enters New London Harbor Friday, July 17, 2020 with staysails unfurled. Eagle, the training tall ship for the Coast Guard Academy, has been operating in local waters this summer for training cruises with academy cadets. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

RAINBOW

A full double rainbow arcs across the sky over Groton as seen from Bank St. in New London Tuesday, July 14, 2020. A series of thunderstorms and rain showers moved through the region late in the afternoon. (Taylor Hartz/The Day)