Gilbert Run Park

I visited Gilbert Run Park briefly to check out the fall colors.  The light was beautiful for a short while toward the end of the day.  The bridge area where birds sometimes hang out had already lost the light.

A Spring Visit to Point Lookout State Park

I spent a lovely few hours at Point Lookout State Park to see if there were any birds around and found access to the beach and Fort area.  I visited the redoubt (panorama) and prison re-creation with a few tents and a guard house.  There were 2 occupied osprey nests.

Lighthouse with Cormorants

Guard Post No. 9 Prison of War Display

Redoubt

More of Solomon's Island September 2022

We went back to Solomon's Island for a second visit to see more boats and birds.  This time there were lots of cormorants sitting on a pier by Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church.  They looked quite hot in the blazing sun and were puffing out their necks to deal with the heat.  

We also visited the On Watch Statue on Solomon's Island at the end of Dowell Road.  It commemorates the World War II Amphibious Training Base from the 1940s.  Nearby, an out of service Navy Yard Patrol Craft was moored.

Cormorants

On Watch Statue

Navy Yard Patrol Craft

Reflection Abstract

Cormorants

Cormorants from St Michael’s Manor in St. Mary’s County.  They were very far away, and my focus was off a little, but I liked the reflection.  

Yucatan Mexico Celestun Birds February 7, 2018

We also photographed many large birds on the river by the small fishing village of Celestun (see the colorful flamingos in my previous post).  The birds were incredible there.

 Great Blue Heron in Flight
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 Brown Pelican

 Cormorant

 Tricolored Heron

 Roseate Spoonbill

 Great Blue Heron at rest

 Something we saw in the jungle among the mangroves.  I wondered if it was an ant hill or something.  Any ideas?

 Tunnel through the mangroves

 Great Egret hiding in the shade

Sunset

A Rock Hall MD Photowalk that Wasn't

We went to Rock Hall MD to participate in the Kelby Worldwide Photowalk.  It was cancelled due to miserable weather. We walked around in the rain and took a few pictures.

 It was gray but dry the next day and we got a few better pictures.

     Bald eagles just outside Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge

     Cormorant

     Dredging for oysters

     Boat house

     Marine railway

     Ducks in Chestertown

     Turkey vulture

     Sailboat in Chester River, Chestertown