Tuesday, May 10, 2016

More Photos from Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

Today is Thursday, April 28th:  We birded and explored the Great Dismal Swamp NWR this morning and the Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR this afternoon, all in misty rain and temperatures in the mid-50's. We are currently camped in a campground in which we camped when last here on Assateague Island seven years ago. Tomorrow we bird Chincoteague NWR.

4-26-16 - Ocracoke Island: Walked the Hammock Hills Trail in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Ferry from Ocracoke Island to Hatteras Island; visited the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse then on to Pea Island NWR 


Another ferry on the crossing of Pamlico Sound to Hatteras Island


Duck blinds in the middle of the Sound



Immature gulls were common



As were the largest gull we have seen, the Great Black-backed Gull


Cape Hatteras Lighthouse





We walked around the impoundments and ponds for several hours




The BirdMobile next to the Visitor Center at Pea Island NWR


Black-bellied plovers in various stages of transitional plumage between the winter, all white belly and the breeding plumage of all black belly





Handsome Semipalmated Plover in sharply demarcated breeding plumage: the chicks will often swim after their parents across small water channels as they forage



Movie:  Hungry Canada Geese feeding



Bathroom Signs


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