Saturday Critters # 521

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I am continuing with my last post on our visit to Chincoteague Island NWR. Oct 11th, was our last morning at Chincoteague before the drive home. We started off with the sunrise on the beach, watching hundreds of Swallows feeding on insects at Tom's Cove and the usual waders seen along road to the beach.

1. Starting off our day with a pretty sunrise at Chincoteague. 

"Nature unfolds her treasure at the first ray of sunrise."

2. I like this shot of the gull walking toward me, I believe it is a juvenile Laughing Gull. 

3.  Near the beach I parked facing Tom's Cove,  we enjoyed watching this large group of swallows flying around the wetland grasses , there must have been lots of bugs for the swallows to eat.

4.  Along the road to the beach, a Belted Kingfisher was sitting in a dead tree overlooking the water. 

5. We saw a large flock of White Ibis, a Great Egret and two Tricolored Herons. 

6. One of the Tricolored Herons looked upset to share the space. 

7. The Chincoteague ponies are always a treat to see if they come up close, this was the closest we were able to see them.  

8. There were two foals mixed in with the older group.

9. A pretty Great Egret taking a break.  

We enjoyed our 2 days at Chincoteague, the beach scene and the birds are always a beautiful sight to see. I hope you enjoyed my post.

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Saturday Critters # 520

Welcome to Saturday Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

Oct 10th, we are on our little getaway to Chincoteague Island NWR in Virginia. It is one of my favorite places to visit. We love the beach, all the birds and the Chincoteague ponies. We started the day with the sunrise at the beach and ended the day with the sunset over Tom's Cove. 

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1. A beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean and Chincoteague Island NWR. 

2. Some photos taken from the car on the way to the beach, we saw a few Great Blue Herons, Double-crested Cormorant and a Belted Kingfisher. 

3. Along the same road was a juvenile Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets and White Ibis. 

4. The Chincoteague ponies are a highlight of this trip for me. 

5. The Great Egrets were looking beautiful. 

6. We saw large groups of Sanderlings on the beach. 

7. Below are Chincoteague Scenes, the Assateague Island Lighthouse, Tom's Cove visitor center and boardwalk trail, American Oystercatcher.

8. I found a few butterflies, while walking on the Tom's cove trail, we saw a few Monarchs and the Common Buckeye. 

9. Below are some of the birds seen along the wildlife drive, I was expecting to see more birds along this drive. Birds numbers are down, I could count all the birds I saw on the drive on my two hands. 

10. The sunset at Tom's Cove with lots of Gulls flying around.  

Thank you for sharing your critters and post!

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

Here is my linky:

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday  I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness."

"Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures."

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

Comments off, enjoy your day!