Over the long weekend we went to the seashore a few different times-totally worth it because we had different weather and viewing of ponies
Even though it is a small island they have a number of walks to take showing all the aspects
Birds of course
The trees have to deal with salty water and ferocious storms.
The history of egging-literally harvesting the birds eggs.
Funky fungus!
Salt tolerant wildflowers have little competition.
Same for scrubbly bushes that can live in sand. And can you see the frog in this photo? Nope, me neither, but he is in there!
Perfect camouflage!
Back in the 60's they thought this would be a great place for a housing development and got started on the roads. Then a huge storm came along and people were smart enough to realize that a barrier island is not a good place to put people! And they let it decay so that today the road is still in place in spots.
Always visit the visitors center-great film about how they keep the pony population in check.
Back in town the ocean is already working on the beach.
I spent as much time on the porch as I could and got to see the changing tides and weather.
Funky cloudy
Standard sunny
See the goose-there was a thing about this sandbar that attracted the same birds each day. The little birds started as the tide dropped. They got chased away by the medium birds who got chased off by the big birds. And then the tide reversed and they all had to leave.
High tide
Thanks Chesapeake Bay!
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