Digital Harbor Discovers North Point State Park

A day brings many surprises for Digital Harbor High School. An air temperature of 58 degrees and a water temperature of 53 meant lots of cold bodies playing in the water of North Point State Park. The cold weather didn't dampen any spirits, however, as the classes splashed around in the bay. Among the fish caught were Atlantic Silverside, Striped Killifish, Hard Shell Clams, Bay Anchovies and a White Perch. For many of these students it was their first time fishing but you wouldn't have known it from the way they were casting those lines. It was also a surprisingly abundant day for birds. They spotted American Robins, Double-crested Cormorants, a Great Blue Heron, Carolina Chickadees, Herring Gulls, Northern Flickers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Dark-eyed Juncos, Yellow-shafted Woodpeckers and Great Black-backed Gulls. The woods were alive with the sounds of crickets and Spring Peepers - the students even found a Box Turtle along a path observing the happenings! The students and teachers alike had a wonderful time and we at Audubon can't wait to have them back again for another visit.