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Happy Hunting is located in one of our favorite places in all of Greenwich. Find this cache and you will find a special sanctuary with beautiful views of the Long Island Sound.
Greenwich Point is the site of the founding of the Town of Greenwich. In 1640 Daniel Patrick, Robert Feake and his wife Elizabeth, who were fleeing from the oppression of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, landed in Greenwich. They purchased Greenwich Point and what is now Old Greenwich for 25 coats and some trinkets from the Sinoway Indians. Indians had used the island as early as 1000 AD for hunting and fishing camps in the summer months. The mystique of Greenwich Point, this peninsula where land water, sun, and fog interact, has been through the ages a joy to people who seek to replenish their spirits. Enter the gates and the excitement of open water on each side of the causeway begins. Early in the morning, Herring and Ringbill Gulls are calling, clamming and swooping over the Rosa Ragusa, pink-flowered tamarisks, and Russian olives. In summer, you can see the Least Terns, federally endangered but nesting nearby, abruptly plunging into the salt water to capture minnows. The regal Snowy and Great Egrets feed amidst the cord grass. In winter, look toward Long Island Sound to see the bobbing flocks of water fowl which are resting and feeding here: Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Mersansers, Bufflehead, Oldsquaw, and Black Ducks. Stretching before you is low-lying land with fine sandy beaches enclosed by sand dunes. The dunes are protected from erosion by plantings of salt loving grasses, wildflowers, shrubs, Beach Plums, red Cedars, Japanese Black and Pitch Pines. Healthy Salt marshes wave, at high tide, with cord grass beckoning to little children to study the tiny fish and crabs that are nourished and sheltered here. The hilly areas were formed by glacial till which settled on Gneissic Granite. They are covered with field grasses or second growth hardwoods, predominantly red and black Oak, sycamore, black and white Birch, sassafras, white Pine. Such diversity of habitat offers critical resting and feeding places to both migrating and resident birds. Roving throughout are small mammals such as gray squirrels, raccoons, skunk and rabbit. A network of trails leads along the changing coastline and weaves among the woods, marshes, groves, and gardens. A trail guide, available at the Sea Side Center of the Bruce Museum, locates special features: Memorial Boulder, where field grasses attract insects, butterflies, and meadowlarks; the restored salt marshes where you can double check for the nesting Clapper Rails; the Clambake Area, a favorite party place; majestic Anniversary Holly Grove where luxuriant red berries sustain winter Robins and migrating Cedar Waxwings; the Totem Pole recalling our early history; the Lake Eagle, sculpted with a 14 foot wing spread. Please note that the park is open from 6:00am to sunset daily, and non-residents will need to pay a fee to enter.
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