Birding on Assateague and Chincoteague

Birds Identified on Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

(Please note that pets are not allowed
on the Chincoteague Refuge
- not even in vehicles)

See snow geese photos taken on Assateague January, 2, 2000 - Click Here.
Summer 2001 Refuge and National Seashore activity schedule & lighthouse tour schedule - Click Here

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he Eastern Shore and the islands of Chincoteague and Assateague are located along the Atlantic flyway for shorebirds, waterfowl, and others that nest in the north and migrate south for the winter. The salt marshes, the pine woods, and the specially-developed, freshwater impoundments on the refuge are also nesting places for a variety of birds including species of plovers, gulls, terns, geese, herons, and ducks.

You'll see many birds in the marshes on either side of the causeway (Route 175) that leads to the islands; and even as you drive across Chincoteague, you're likely to spot egrets and mallards near the water and occasionally in yards. But some of the best bird spotting, of course, will be on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, either in the marshes along the main road or in the freshwater impoundments accessible on the three-mile Wildlife Loop (open to vehicles after 3 p.m).

For further information on birding at the refuge and on the refuge itself, visit the following web sites: Chincoteague Natural History Association, The Assateague Island National Seashore, and The Assateague Naturalist.

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