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Jun 1, 2008 - Horses of Chincoteague

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge - Sunday, June 1 When Marguerite Henry wrote Misty of Chincoteague in 1947, she gave generations of children a classic horse story, and she brought to our national attention two islands that lie off the coast of northern Virginia. Assateague and Chincoteague Islands lie next to each other, with Assateague being the outer barrier island and Chincoteague, the smaller of the two, sandwiched between Assateague and the mainland. Misty was a wild horse, born on Assateague Island in 1946, and while the book is...

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2008 Keys 2 Canada

Oct 28, 2007 - sunrise and dolphins

We woke early enough to wander over to the beach to watch the sunrise (after all, it's fall, so the sunrise isn't that early). Huge flocks of black ducks have been making their way to the preserve on the southern part of the island. Sometimes, their formations are just black blobs - like balls of yarn - the ducks are so thick. But then the ball starts to unravel into the flying formation. They fly so silently - unlike geese. As we headed back to camp, I caught sight of a fin out of the corner of my eye. A dolphin, fairly close, was...

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Oct 27, 2007 - the wild horses of Asseteague

The morning began with a sign of hope - a sunrise (we actually almost saw the sun). We watched it come up over the Atlantic. Then the clouds covered it up, and the rain came in. We took a drive to explore the park, and about 15 minutes later, we were done. This is a small national park! Most of the island is not open to vehicles - it's such a small and fragile environment - it makes sense to restrict vehicles to just 1 end. We went for a short "hike" through some sand dunes and "trees" (tall shrubs). It was a loop hike and we walked into...

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