Bird Watching: Daily bird pics #444, 5 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Hack, Bombay Hook is a National Wildlife Refuge. It comprises about 16,000 acres, mostly salt marsh but some fresh water. It's a perfect location for wildlife photographers. It has a number of walking trails (for the younger visitors) and a 12.5 mile round trip auto roadway. Often water on both sides. When the insects get bad, photographers can just shoot from the car window. You can stop just about anyplace, get out, set up your tripod and wait for some action. It's along the Atlantic Flyway which helps attract migratory waterfowl and shorebirds. It's about a 1 3/4 hour drive for me. On Friday, my wife and I left home about 5:30 a.m. (I like to leave earlier, but ...) and arrived about 7:30 a.m. The tide was out. I'm still trying to determine what is the best time, i.e. high tide, or low tide. All of the photos were taken at Bombay Hook.

Here are a few more. 2 Great Egrets, Great Blue Heron, Glossy Ibis and an Osprey. Lots of shorebirds there but they give me a lot of difficulty in identification.