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.
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.
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