In My Happy Place

October 30, 2016  •  1 Comment

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I love driving through wildlife refuges.  I don't care where they are:  Delaware, Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia.  As long as there are birds to see and photograph, I am happy.

 

My favorites in the Mid-Atlantic region are Blackwater near Cambridge, MD, Bombay Hook near Dover, DE, and Chincoteague in Virginia.  I've only been to Merritt Island in Florida, but I loved it there and will return this winter.  

 

I spent yesterday afternoon and this morning at Bombay Hook.  There were even some snow geese there.  Here are this morning's photos.  I'll post yesterday's in a separate blog entry with some tips for photographing birds in refuges.

 

Mallard Pair IIMallard Pair II Mallard Pair IIIMallard Pair III Northern PintailNorthern Pintail Early Morning SentinelEarly Morning Sentinel Great Blue and FriendsGreat Blue and Friends In FlightIn Flight Perfectly PositionedPerfectly Positioned StraddlerStraddler Morning WatcherMorning Watcher Morning Watcher IIMorning Watcher II American Avocets in FlightAmerican Avocets in Flight Savannah SparrowSavannah Sparrow

 

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Evelyn Phucas
Although most of those birds are, common on the East Coast I never tire of seeing them they are just beautiful.
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