This was the first day of our two-day visit to Chincoteague NWR. We birded in six areas of the refuge and identified 56 species on the day. The first area was along Beach Road. We saw 28 species along both sides of the road including …
Our second day in a row at the refuge took us in most of the same places as yesterday. We started in Tom’s Cove today and saw the same group of American oystercatchers we saw yesterday. We also saw an immature little blue heron, royal …
We covered a lot of ground on the refuge today. Birds along Beach Road included cattle egrets on the ponies, little blue heron, tricolored heron, belted kingfisher, and white ibis. In the Little Tom’s Cove and Swan Cove areas, some of the birds we saw …
We spent seven hours birding throughout the refuge. Along Beach Road and in Swan Cove Pool, we saw tricolored heron, semipalmated plover, black-bellied plover, Canada goose, and snowy egret, among other birds. Some of the birds around Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center and the east side …
Chincoteague NWR has always been one of our favorite birding spots, having gone there since 1982. We spent the day there today and covered several areas. Along Beach Road we saw great, snowy, and cattle egrets. The cattle egrets were riding on the backs of …
