Chincoteague Island, Virginia

 On Sept 19-21, 2021 hubby and I visited Chincoteague Island, the National Wildlife Refuge and National Seashore in Virginia. I love seeing the wild ponies. It is a great place to see migrating birds, shorebirds and waders, geese and ducks. 

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These are images from our first day Sept 19th.

On the top row are the Laughing Gull, Chincoteague wild ponies.Second row: juvenile Little Blue Herons, Snowy Egret with Great Egret, Cattle Egret, adult Little Blue Heron.Bottom row: Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Bald Eagle, sunset and full moon rising.

The Cattle Egret showing it breeding colors on it's crown and back. 

The Chincoteague ponies, some egrets were seen on the ground and on the backs of the ponies. 

Adult Little Blue Heron with a few first year Little Blue Herons are actually white in color showing a two toned bill.

I am guessing at these 3 birds, 2 were larger in size which I believe are the Greater Yellowlegs and the smaller bird in front is the Lesser Yellowlegs.

The Great Egret is obvious with it's long yellow bill and dark legs and feet. 

 Snowy Egret with the taller Great Egret. 

Ponies, Egrets and on the far right is a Tricolored Heron  flying by.

The end of day 2, sunset at Tom's Cove Chincoteague Island NWR.

I hope you enjoyed this post, my photos and our visit to Chincoteague Island NWR. 

Eileen's Random Travels

Eileen's Random Travels

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

Letchworth Park was a beautiful place, we went to see the waterfalls a few days in a row.  This is the Upper Falls with the bridge seen above the falls. 

The next two images are the Middle Falls. 

The Lower Falls was more of a hike to see, the following three photos are from the hike to the Lower Falls. 

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day! 

Eileen's Random Travels

 Eileen's Random Travels

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

During our recent New York, we stayed in a B&B located in Geneseo and we found some nice restaurants near the Conesus Lake. One morning we took a short walk at a lakeside park. 

1. Conesus Lake is considered one of the minor Finger Lakes, it is 8 miles long and 1 mile wide. The lake supplies water to Avon and Geneseo. 

2. The Red-breasted Nuthatch was seen in one of the trees on the trail next to the lake. 

3. There were groups of Mallard ducks, Common Mergansers and Gulls around the lake. 

4.  Views of the trail and Conesus lake, flowers gardens and a fish sculpture with a water feature. 

5. Mendon Pond Park, Monroe County NY. 

6.  Along the birdsong trail, we saw the cute fairy homes, bird blinds and benches. The birds are used to people feeding them along this trail, the Chickadee and Nuthatches were flying towards us as we walked. One time a chickadee almost landed on my camera. 

7. Located at the Mendon Ponds Park is Wild Wings a home for permanently injured birds that are non-releasable.  We saw various species of Owls, like the Barn Owl, Snowy Owls, Long-eared Owls, Screech Owl, Saw-whet Owl, Osprey, various Hawks, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures,  Bobcat and they had a very vocal Raven. 

8. Help your native raptors.

9. Below are the Barn Owl, Snowy Owl, Long and Short-eared Owls and the Barred Owls.

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Eileen's Random Travels

Eileen's Random Travels

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

I am sharing some images from our recent trip to Letchworth State Park, Mt Morris Dam controls the flow of the Genesee River, overlooks the Letchworth Canyon also known as the Grand Canyon of the East.

1. Letchworth State Park qualifies as one of the Audubon's Important Bird Areas. The open water below the dam has been known to attract over 2,000 Canada Geese in the winter. Other birds seen around the dam were the Turkey Vultures. 

A view from the Great Bend scenic overlook.

Some scenes from the Letchwork State Park, Inspiration Point, A distant view of the Upper Falls and bridge and views of the canyon walls. 

Below are views of the Upper, Middle and Lower Falls.

Birds and critters seen at the park, A Bald Eagle, Canada Geese, Dark-eyed Junco and a Chipmunk.

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!