We are now on the Delmarva Peninsula, occupied by Delaware and parts of the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. The peninsula is 170 miles long. In width, it ranges from 70 miles near its center, to 12 miles at the isthmus on its northern edge, to less near its southern tip of Cape Charles. It is bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west, the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and the Elk River and its isthmus on the north.
We drove less than an hour away to visit Blackwater. It mainly was a wildlife drive. The time of day we were there wasn't conducive to seeing many animals. We did hear a lot of birds, but had a hard time seeing many. We did see 4 Bald Eagles throughout the day and lots of Osprey with young ones in the nest. The Eagles young have already left their nests and are almost mature.
Woodchuck
Osprey
Great Egret
Red-winged Blackbird - male
Osprey with nesting material
Great Blue Heron
Eastern Wood-Pewee
immature Bald Eagle
the woods were full of flies which made it quite unpleasant
Great-crested Flycatcher
Osprey feeding her 3 young ones
lunch at Ocean Odyssey
crabcake sandwich
crab cake, fish, crab & oyster sandwich
After lunch we stopped at the Harriet Tubman Museum.
We had hoped to see the Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel. We did see 1, but at a great distance and didn't get a good look. We have seen Fox Squirrels in Florida. I'll try and find the photos of those to include here.
Fox Squirrel
back at the visitor's center
Eagle on a small island
Osprey with young
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Eagle
After we finished the drive we stopped for ice cream (hot fudge sundae's with double fudge....really sorry Jim.....) Then, back to the hotel.
Tomorrow, we are driving to Delaware to visit Prime Hook Refuge.
