This morning marked the start of the first guided nature walk I was leading for the Watch Hill Conservancy, the organization that oversees the ecological welfare of the great beach at Napatree Point, and, as is always the case, I wasn't sure that anyone but Janice Sassi, the executive director of the Conservancy, would show up. Even if that were the case, we joked, it would be a fine trek, as is always the case at Napatree. We needn't have worried—when I was introduced, I was talking to a wonderful group of about 50 people, and, in short order, we were heading towards the Lagoon area in search of migrants: birds, butterflies, dragonflies, fish, and, no doubt, members of our own species beginning to take their leave. I can't vouch for the humans, but there was very little interest, on what turned into a glorious beach day, among the non-humans in making their way to the south. While there were plenty of Black-saddlebags Dragonflies working the dunes, the odes weren't showing any sign of exodus. Like everyone on the Napatree beach, they seemed more interested in soaking up the last of the summer sunshine. Who could blame them?