Just a quick note about my visit to Chincoteague yesterday. They are
working on the beach and parking areas, so everything to the
right(south) of the traffic circle is closed. You can walk it, but no
driving unless you get the off-road pass....which I did. After talking
with the park ranger, she told me that there had been a sighting of
plovers earlier that day and that it was the last day the beach would be
open past the old coast guard station. I headed down the beach and saw
about 5 different pairs of plovers, 6 pairs of oystercatchers, hundreds
of willets, hundreds of sanderlings, some loons, and some gannets. If I
hadn't have gotten the off-road pass, the day would have been a bust.
The truck traffic has scared everything away from the road near Tom's Cove.
The wildlife loop was empty except for the bald eagle pair tending to
their nest.
I will send a full write up and pics later.
Barbara
