Bayside: the Other Half of the story

Myself and the ocean: there is no separating the two. Yet, I am now discovering my "other half": The Bay!

Summer 2009 I did time at Cape Henlopen State Park, Bayside at The Point and explored : Slaughter Beach to Prime Hook. This Summer I am continuing the trend.

Bayside is contemplative gracing the eye with an ever changing rising or falling tide shoreline. A walk yields whelks, snails, and the oddest mollusk finds.

My newest find is Breckenbridge Beach, ~ 20 minutes North of Slaughter Beach. The long sandy and reedy beach, but not boggy, is very quiet and yielded up swimming turtles, Red Knots, American Oyster Catchers, and the seasonal mix of shorebirds.

Behind the beach the marsh is rife with Rails and Red Wing Blackbird calls.

Just now I "Googled" for this location and it came up empty handed! Is this a "Secret Beach" known only to locals?

Beach Blessings,

Red Knots are Sumi Wrestler FAT!

When I arrived at 8AM, "The Birds are Gone" was the somber Sunday Lamentation.  The Brit Bird Team were gone too! In their wake, they left: Single Malt Whiskey, PG Tips Tea, and a lone bottle of Marmite!  

Not too worry, May 2010, myself, the Red Knots and the Brits will return!

Despite the lonely house down from 20 occupants to 4, we did our Bird Duty.  

While a storm passed thru we did data entry, and I got a nice lesson on skinny vs fat Red Knots,...... then we readied for my last boat ride of the season at Milspillion Harbor for re-sighting.

First we did a quick-look-see to evaluate if  "any birds were left". Some were!  ~ 1,000 were still hanging around.......so we launched the boat.

   I was given a promotion and bragging rights from Osprey Beach ( aka Beach Pee-pee) to Back Beach!  I re-sighted my first Sanderlings!

This re-sighting I looked at Red Knot legs and bellies.  Indeed these were little fat pigs..... from their arrival weight of ~ 90 grams...... now nearing their Sumi-Wrestler- fighting-fit-weight of ~ 180 grams!

Fat Red Knots are now on their way to the Arctic!

Farewell Birds! Godspeed!

 

My Very "Dewey" Dewey-Beach Weekend

My very Dewey weekend?  Meeting with Starboard to arrange for fun events for " I Love Dewey Beach" Facebook Group, Taco Toss at the Light House to watch the sunset and friend meet-up, Piping Plover Bird Police Duty at Cape Henlopen State Park, Formal Party, Happy hour-Cookout-Birthday Party in Rehoboth, Migratory Bird Duty at Slaughter Beach, and then finally some beach siesta time!