Can be interesting.
Big issue in Scotland, the sika stag will cover a red deer hind!Used to be a lot of Sika deer down here on the exotic ranches. But you don’t hear about them much anymore. I suppose they are still around. I haven’t seen one in a while. But that really doesn’t mean anything.
There was talk several years ago about "Super Sika" which I thought were a cross between red deer and sika. Like I say, I bet they are still around. Hard to guess what you’ll see on ranches around here anymore!
Barrier island between Maryland and Virginia.
Assateague Island is a barrier island that extends 30 some miles from the lower Maryland coast to the northern Virginia Coast. The entire island is either state or federal park/refuge. It is where the wild horses live that gave rise to the book "Misty of Chincoteague." By Marguerite Henry. (A movie was also made) Chincoteague is another island between Assateague and the mainland of Virginia. The wild horses on the Virginia side of Assateague are the property of the Chincoteague fire Dept. Chincoteague was one of two towns in Virginia that voted not to secede from the Union in 1861. When a skirmish took place in the marsh behind the island with Confederates, over half of the men of the island marched out through the marsh to assist Union naval forces. (The townspeople actually sent couriers to warn the Union navy that Confederates were using Chincoteague Bay to bring guns ashore. ) In January the population is under 3,000. In Late July, the population swells to about 12,000. With about 20,000 visitors the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. (Wild horse round up and swim across the channel. ) The legend is that the wild horses escaped from a ship wrecked Spanish boat. It is more likely, that early Colonists put their breeding stock horses out there to evade taxes on livestock.
Thanks for the history of the island. I always find those kinds of tidbits very interesting. I'll bet you're right on the tax evasion!
