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Introduction: being outdoors on the Coastal Plain -- January -- Swans and septic tanks -- Walking for waterfowl at Wachapreague -- February -- Chilblains and chain pickerel -- February birds (and mallards, too) -- March -- Manns Harbor stripers -- Pitchkettle shad -- April -- Down east turkeys, bears, and other matters -- Howling with wolves at the Alligator River -- May -- Cobia: big fish for the inshore angler -- Spanish in the springtime -- June -- The concrete ships at Kiptopeke -- Kings in close -- July -- Cape fear flounder -- Seeing the bay through the eyes of others -- August -- Blues and flounder at the bridge-tunnel -- Skinny water reds -- September -- The gray birds of September -- Spot yachts and croaker craft -- October -- Fall and fat Alberts -- Feral hogs and deer at Back Bay -- November -- Ducks and deer down east -- Trout and trash -- December -- Ducks at Chincoteague -- Woodland scenes and Christmas deer. |
