Chincoteague Natural History Association

Chincoteague Natural History Association CNHA is a non profit cooperating association established in partnership with the US Fish & Wildlife Service

For the birds! Yellow thistle along the Marsh Trail is producing seeds (below). Goldfinches can be seen along the servic...
06/29/2022

For the birds! Yellow thistle along the Marsh Trail is producing seeds (below). Goldfinches can be seen along the service road where there's an abundance of thistle. Help support us and the birds with a purchase of Birds and Beans Coffee - in our store!

Pink lady's slippers are large, showy wildflowers belonging to the orchid family and sometimes found near the Wildlife L...
05/06/2022

Pink lady's slippers are large, showy wildflowers belonging to the orchid family and sometimes found near the Wildlife Loop parking lot. We found this plant just the other day, on May 2.

Wild lady’s slippers have special requirements that make them difficult to cultivate, and they rarely survive transplanting from the wild. It is illegal to dig or pick the orchids on federal lands.

Interestingly, orchid seeds do not have food supplies inside them like most other kinds of seeds. Pink lady’s slipper seeds require threads of the fungus to break open the seed and attach them to it. The fungus will pass on food and nutrients to the pink lady's slipper seed. When the lady’s slipper plant is older and producing most of its own nutrients, the fungus will extract nutrients from the orchid roots.

Got beach weather? Well, not really - springtime temps at the refuge are usually cooler than the city/suburbs in the spr...
04/29/2022

Got beach weather? Well, not really - springtime temps at the refuge are usually cooler than the city/suburbs in the springtime. But, there's always something of interest and beauty, no matter the weather. This pic taken on the Wildlife Loop, April 2015.

Refuge forecast this weekend -Plenty of smiles and wonderment! And the weather looks pretty darn good, too.
04/20/2022

Refuge forecast this weekend -
Plenty of smiles and wonderment! And the weather looks pretty darn good, too.

We've been waiting, perhaps you have too - hoodies are in stock at the Friends Store inside the CNWR visitors center. Op...
04/15/2022

We've been waiting, perhaps you have too - hoodies are in stock at the Friends Store inside the CNWR visitors center. Open 10am-4pm Thurs thru Sun.

We picked up this turtle crossing the loop road and took a quick pic for later ID. Now we're not sure if it's a cooter, ...
04/14/2022

We picked up this turtle crossing the loop road and took a quick pic for later ID. Now we're not sure if it's a cooter, slider, painted or perhaps mud turtle. Next time we'll get a pic of more than the tummy (plastron). Five years old?

White tail or sika? Seen on the west side of the Wildlife Loop. We often skip the loop, having better luck sighting wild...
04/07/2022

White tail or sika? Seen on the west side of the Wildlife Loop. We often skip the loop, having better luck sighting wildlife on Beach Road or walking the service road. But, with a little patience ...

Available for purchase in our refuge store, now open every Thursday through Sunday from 10:00am till 4:00pm. Come on in ...
04/03/2022

Available for purchase in our refuge store, now open every Thursday through Sunday from 10:00am till 4:00pm. Come on in and see all our new products!

Custom Assateague Lighthouse long-sleeve t-shirts by Altered Latitudes. Available in white and sand.

They are selling quickly!

Snapping turtles on the refuge have ended hibernation and are out and about. This large fellow was seen yesterday, April...
04/02/2022

Snapping turtles on the refuge have ended hibernation and are out and about. This large fellow was seen yesterday, April 1, next to the Wildlife Loop road. We saw several others off the loop plus a large one on Beach Road. Also seen a couple day ago were four Muskrats cavorting in Shoveler Pool (north side of the Loop). There are few migrating birds, but other wildlife to be seen!

06/30/2020

Happy 80th Birthday U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was created on June 30, 1940 in the U.S. Department of the Interior by combining the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into a new comprehensive federal wildlife agency.

06/21/2020

Here's to all the hardworking Dads out there! DYK that -- unlike most bird species -- the male King Rail takes the lead in building the nest? Both parents also take turns incubating the clutch of 8 to 11 eggs. Find out more about our Bird of the Week: https://abcbirds.org/bird/king-rail/

Photo by another hardworking Dad, ABC President Mike Parr

06/09/2020

The famed conductor traveled at night, employing deep knowledge of the region's environment and wildlife to communicate, navigate, and survive.

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PO Box 917 8231 Beach Road
Chincoteague, VA
23336

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+17573363696

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