Summer in Delaware: Photos from the coast

Crowds came to Rehoboth Beach on Saturday as Memorial Day weekend unofficially kicked off the 2018 summer season with sunny, warm weather. CHUCK SNYDER/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL

Birds sit adjacent to the newly restored beach habitat for horseshoe crabs and provide foraging for shorebirds, specifically the Red Knot at the Mispillion Harbor. More than four acres of habitat for were created. Jason Minto, The News Journal

The Lil' Angler II makes a turn in the ice on the Lewes and Rehoboth canal in Lewes. Jason Minto, The News Journal

Storm clouds are seen from Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Courtesy of Cathy Downes

Great blue heron at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Jason Minto, The News Journal