Aruba Day 2 - California Lighthouse (3/6)

After lunch Shannon and I headed to the northern tip of the island to see California Lighthouse. This lighthouse was apparently named after a vessel which shipwrecked just offshore. The view from this vantage point was outstanding and we spent some time admiring the ocean and the golf course. We walked behind the restaurant at the point and looked down on the golf course below. There were lots of feral goats grazing on the vegetation. We also saw more parakeets and a solitary butterfly nectaring in the restaurant's flower garden.

But the best sighting was an American Kestrel which buzzed by us in a wind aided dive. When I first saw him, I thought that he was a captive bird because I saw what appeared to be a strap attached to his talons. Only after thinking about it for a minute or two did I realize it wasn't a strap.... but rather the tail of his lunch, a small lizard.