In the intertidal mudflat walks the tidal calendar should always be consulted. This contains several salt marsh and mudflat habitats. This area of mudflat, mangrove and shrimp ponds is the richest habitat for migratory birds. Originally, Balboa Island was little more than a mudflat surrounded by swampland. At that time it was part sandbar and part mudflat. This indicates a depositional environment of beach or mudflat. The sedimentary environment probably was restricted marine including mudflat sabkhas, evolving under an arid climate. Tamil Nadu Forest Department has excavated several canals across the mudflat. In contrast the magnificent salt beetle (Bledius spectabilis) digs a tube in the mudflat. It may thus resemble a terrestrial mudflat. This mudflat became known as Electric Island, Pacific Electric Island, and finally Huntington Island. Historically, Cheyenne Bottoms has been a lake of varying size, a mudflat, or dry. The remainder are guided by professional mudflat guides. I didn't want to be in a mudflat waiting to get into a portable toilet. It is called serpentinizing mudflat because it looks like snake.