If you're in Corolla though try going over to > Whalehead (near the Currituck light house) and heading north on the > sound. A bit further sound (a few miles north of Duck) there's an > Audubon > sanctuary that is a great place for bird watching. You can launch almost > anywhere along the beach out into the ocean and paddle amongst the > dolphin. I've paddled both those locations. They would be good for birding, and if you wanted protected water on very windy days. It's not very deep there, though, maybe a few feet. The one south of the Whalehead club has many more islands, and is more protected of the two, but it's also harder to find the put-in. you're actually parking in the parking lot attached to a racquet club. The one up by the Whalehead Club has an island about 2 miles into the paddle called Monkey Island that has an interesting history, and is absolutely overflowing will many, many varieties of birds. Yep, as John said, launch anywhere on the ocean side, from the beach, and you stand a good chance of seeing dolphin if you are there any length of time (we see them from the beach daily, but never at the same time of day, it seems). But, if you wanted more protected water, there are two Sound side locations that a couple pods like to hang around. They are in the bock I mentioned in another post, but if you don't want to buy the book, I can look it up for you when I return home tonight. I can tell you they are generally around Bodie Inlet and Roanoke Island, but I can get more specific when I have my info in front of me. Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 07:43:52 PDT
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