Tom Vezo / Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) perching in blooming Beach Plum (Prunus maritima) tree, Long Island, New York

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) stranded on beach following a night of spawning, Plum Island, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) on beach, Plum Island, Massachusetts

Tom Vezo / Rose breasted grosbeak {Pheucticus ludovicianus} male perching in Beach Plum, Long Island, NY, USA.

Tom Vezo / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perching in blooming Beach Plum (Prunus maritima) tree, Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) perching in blooming Beach Plum (Prunus maritima) tree, Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perching in blooming Beach Plum (Prunus maritima) tree, Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) male in blooming Beach Plum tree, Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Northern Parula (Parula americana) perching in blooming Beach Plum (Prunus maritima), Long Island, New York

Tom Vezo / Northern Parula (Parula americana) perching in blooming Beach Plum (Prunus maritima), Long Island, New York

Onne van der Wal / Plum Beach light (built in 1899) in disrepair before renovations. Near Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / The Plum Beach Lighthouse, built in 1899, in disrepair before renovations, near Newport, Rhode Island, USA.