Blackwater NWR – Wildlife & Habitat Scenes
My last two posts featured a close-up fly-by of a Bald Eagle and a Merlin launching into an attack, both taken last week at Blackwater NWR in Cambridge, Maryland.
Here’s more from that day’s afternoon visit.
Birds up close…..
“Great Blue Heron Flight”
Bald Eagles “The Chase”
Bald Eagle “I Saw You Long Before You Saw Me”
Great Blue Heron “Did You Say Something?”
“Bald Eagle Flight”
Great Egret “Yoga”
Butterflies…..
Viceroys
Viceroys and Common Buckeye
Monarch
American Painted Lady
Cloudless Sulphur
Other critters…..
Eastern Painted Turtles
Rabbit
Delmarva Fox Squirrel
Birds in habitat…..
Great Blue Heron
Yellowlegs
Osprey
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Double-crested Cormorants, few gulls
Great Egret
And some of the gorgeous scenery that Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge has to offer.
Three Bald Eagles in one of the center trees.
Killdeer territory
Falls colors beginning to bloom
Great Egret and Eagle
Reflections
The famous Eagle webcam is in this forest of trees.
Portion of the Blackwater River
Portion of the Blackwater River
I just shared with you some of why this refuge is one of my favorite places to be with nature.
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