Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
/Another Great Blue Heron was perched on a branch over some water – preening.
I noticed a lot more dead and splintered trees this trip and found out that the pine bark beetle had been particularly hard on the pines the past few years and
Winter storm Jonas brought such high winds that is brought trees down on the refuge.
There were tundra swans that we saw in greater numbers at Eastern Neck
And snow geese (sleeping here) that we saw in greater numbers at Blackwater.
This ring-billed gull (adult non-breeding) was not pleased that we pulled up on the road shoulder near him.
We saw a few pintail ducks (and some buffleheads which, again, were difficult to photograph – and I am refraining from posting another blurry picture!).
The birds I had to look up on allaboutbirds were this marbled godwit (I think)
And a juvenile black-crowned night heron (my husband is the one that spotted this one in the brush over the water where we often see other herons).