Assateague Birdlife

No visit to Chincoteague would be complete without spending some time observing the vast numbers of birds.  The following are some of the better photographs that I was able to capture during our short visit this year.

Double-crested Cormorant

 Great Egret

 Great Egret

 Great Egret

 Great Egret

 Blue Heron with Snowy Egrets

 Gull with Crab

 Blue Heron and Snowy Egret

 Sanderlings

 Sanderlings

Chincoteague, Dusk and Dawn

My wife and I just returned from spending a few days on Virginia's beautiful Chincoteague Island. 

Our short vacation was marred as news of Sunday night's massacre in Las Vegas rocked the nation.  However mass killings have become the norm here in the land of the free and the home of the brave while we as a nation struggle with balancing the Constitutional second amendment against the inalienable right of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness set forth in our Declaration of Independence.