In 2003 and 2004 as part of my GK-12 Teaching Fellowship, I accompanied Thea Martin's New Visions Class to Atlantic City to learn rules of probability as applied to gambling... actually, we go down to visit Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge and Delaware Bay to study marine ecology.
Here, Thea, a student and Shelagh Smith look for dolphins
Thea times the yearly visit to coincide with the horseshoe crab mating season. The numbers of crabs has been in recent years, but when you find a group of them doing their thing, it is pretty impressive. Even more amazing is the how the proliferation of eggs brings in thousands of shorebirds which forage relentlessly along the shore.
Shelagh shows off her new crustacean friend
Young Diamondback Terrapin
Wilson's Plover
Foraging tern with Atlantic City skyline in the background
Skimmer hard at work
