01*RESCAN December 13, 1979 - A WINDY WALKwimp WALK
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the \'reekend approach(a, If was par -
ilarl} glad '•.('hen a friend of mine called
rt! r,'I:crl it i v:,oltr•d in go for an outing in
':1r'ir'ot. .. quiet; eiteelt on the c'aiynelar told
Ihe d❑ .r:1 }; fry:, and so plans v:tft, set
,: al'h, Ills• 0,:1 leaf a p,.
.1'ffe day itli•(1'tt ol.'i to lie one of the
,emriirst days n1 III:' 50..... P• c'nld Iron' had
n0•: -, ,1 in front 03 north oioI \va;; grt•I(,[ring
I;1. '.. frig- cold. 1'!.';11- :,ir_ that 11,;', soon to
. v' hit:' 'is:'.1 : 11 0i'rn,11 at•ro:,s ,.
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th.11 droptt, it ;1rawlif flown from
Ilia t _ es :11,0 _ I,II -!: i 1!' I!! ,he lee apara-
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0iue.
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,1979
along to the east we could see black ducks up
under the grass taking advantage of its
protection. My, how the wind howled! We
stayed in the car, for it was almost
impossible to hold our binoculars steady out
there in the wind.
( ?n0 : we got 11.\\5)0 from the o3 - ^n area and
in the sheltered streets of Orient we didn't
notice the wind as much, but looking up at
t he L'ee tops 00(0 :1(1(11 us a gale was still on.
Vvc slopped 1,1 out' favorite spots along the
way t,, check Iko wildlife and birds but found
13111 all g'1051),'3 and h sing from the high
wind. 11 .1 0 (ncrt tis it the 1.atural world had
given in in the 50['i1(5.'rslc -r.
' :1011 would offer a
have. along its lee Shorn'.. 500 headed out
there in 'napes; of finding thai Some protec-
tion faact luietl ihe- sea (10c110 in, taut even
her:• we found (he same story. Here and
t ha r : ' ( ' ( ' 1 1 1 ( 0 0 1 ( 5 5 1 (31 13roup of surf scoters,
or 0ite - -•;: ((('t'd scoters ceding, i(u:l the Sea
was i;i I,ncia a.:;r,i h 11 10,: hundred yards out
W0 ('coin nolhlug hu.i while. The dark
green of the wa!or lilc•nriuti with .he fury of
the. WIWI..
(1':3[lMf1.l1 Allro ;.
When we arrived at ate parking loi there
wasn't :1 ear around. 1)1x' Irene mocking bird
hooped on the hare ground 1 1 the lee of a
beach 31111/1 Jrtt511. 111•'.;;(; (00 only welcome.
Ilut w0. had ronlf: to o' :il!: asrd s,o l ' l;undled
up and 10'101101 (nl. This 1(1 ni5 1 (0c; is
probaltly 1110 (01.5,1 (1( 5511111:15 1o,i[iiifol ;.,ca
w1 b:1v,: on Ihe' ..vholc• of Ific Norih Fork.
11',:;0(11 as v., wreiv• 1(0:;1 the refreshment
stand the• 1(51111 rifped al 05 in all 35 tury. We
had to lend agoio;! it 11101
ahead sand :;lung our flees noel lashed at
our legs. ilere too the water was extremely
low, exposing a pattern of bars and bare
bottom land that 1'd never seen before.
Hawn low a group of gulls had taken
shelter below the beach. Our glasses
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MOON SNAIL- -The sand buried this beautiful shell of the mown snail
that the sea tossec, on the beach. Pt is 001101100::1 ihrool2,hout our water;.
Photo by Paul 31out.enburph
scanned 11100. hit lilt' wind 11100: the water
out of our eyes and made it iouos,ihle for us
to see. We nad hoped to find one of the rare
nnr't1('r0 gulls (h::l occasionally ;ire blown
oil enni's1';0111 are 0(11113 along OM shares.
but no, there \,;1:; ilothin;; but black- Ir¢¢1ckcri
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11 '? SISV '?'1/5833 iveivita
showed her 8k'3a .AIR-- 'f3R'�3l:
only 5 : Wa .9s itftii". i' ape 33010
natural w rlai as welt.
and herring gulls seeking shelter from the
wind
II we could get behind the cedars up ahead
1 would afford us some protection from the
wind, and so, with heads down, we pushed
on. The beach is one of the best shell beaches
about, slipper shells or quarterdecks were
everywhere and I kicked myself for not
having a knife along so that I could pry them
loose and enjoy these tasty snails. The beach
was strewn with jingle shells, scallop shells,
razor clam shells,, mussels and conchs were
everywhere.
At one point on the south shore of the
beach we carne across great platforms of
hug that through the realm of time had once
been on the north side But like all barrier
beaches, ' >s.1nd overwashes the bayside
marsh and as time 31(5505 what was a marsh
in the bay then becomes sand- filled and
eventually, as the sandy beach migrates
shoreward, is exposed dead and brown on
the seaward side, With this extremely low
'tide we could also see the remains of cedar
stumps along the seaward side whin) gave
credence to our theory of benches such as
this migrating shoreward.
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;.1111re bii-il 1(1(1' )('(('1■ 10(1 1 l0rn:;1o0, .
tail of 111ac1• he seemed,. ! \1,1:.1 „i `1r,
, 0mpanions had I:0111. sunlit It1,r110.
(111111 ((11111,' him linger on" I1Ow .1 51''W' 51
len Hach du: lis'mi-st out of 11,' ;howls, on1'.
10 3ccl 01, siuin'ing their 511(10511 under.
Wings in the', righi sun.
liy Ihe time we 11.1'1ii ll th■• (111
faclnry area it was almost noun ;01 1 11,,x:
turn back, but first w'e'd have 10 look 1,, sir•
north where the wind was s1 ro.uninl.
the bay. Not a duck did we s1.1'
Underfoot were the shriveled
the beautiful prickly pear cactus that has
most elegant yellow flower in the sumnu:r.
Also in the gravel were the still greenish -
gray leaves of the horned poppy that
exquisite yellow poppy that is found only on
the beaches of Orient and Gardiners Island
Up the beach we could see hundreds of
gulls gliding over the water's edge, and our
curiosity wondered what they were search-
ing for and eating. A short walk down the
beach soon told the story. it was scallop:; -
haby scallops. Bugs, as the baynien (;ill
them. They were everywhere. liluwn :L;hnr1
by the great wind. Thousands of Wen, an
inch or so across. These were Ihe h :ucr' ;3
the gulls were gleaning. This is wh,, 11110 1
nature produces her young. it is don, In
extra amounts so that pitfalls such as this
storm can take their toll and Ihe specie's '':1(1
still survive.
The walk hack with the wind Lrlunl lc
was no problem. i1 was a day to remrl(IIU r
A day when nature showed her Wrath -nil
only to marl bun to the natural world as well.
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