August 5, 2020 / Last updated : January 4, 2023 Simon Kenyon Friends of Eastern Neck The Decoy Collection at Eastern Neck ‘Way back’ in the early and mid-1900s, when there were few restrictions on hunting ducks and geese, many Bay-area farmers, watermen and their peers depended on the take from waterfowl […]
July 28, 2020 / Last updated : January 4, 2023 Simon Kenyon Friends of Eastern Neck Chesapeake Bay Gunning Skiff On the south side of the visitor center lodge sits a long, narrow cedar-sided shed. It holds a reminder of a once-thriving (though illegal) occupation in the Chesapeake Bay area […]
June 2, 2020 / Last updated : January 4, 2023 Michael Hansen Friends of Eastern Neck A Piece of History Grows in the Butterfly Garden In the spring of 2020 asparagus shoots appeared in the plot tended by Beth Lynch in the Butterfly Garden. It is not entirely unusual for asparagus to appear on Eastern […]
June 2, 2020 / Last updated : January 4, 2023 Michael Hansen Friends of Eastern Neck Bird Walks with the Friends Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge hosts monthly bird walks from November through March, where enthusiastic birders are led on guided walks while collecting data on the number of species present. […]
January 14, 2020 / Last updated : February 3, 2023 Michael Hansen Friends of Eastern Neck Symbols of Wilderness January 14, 2020 By Alexa Reed, Friends Intern Eastern Neck’s tundra swans have, once again, made their way back to the island on their annual pilgrimage. These remarkable birds have […]
