We booked a boat tour, because it is easier to see the Chincoteague ponies this way.
Our boat trip started with three (!) Bald Eagles sitting on tree stumps. Then it went: three...
... two...
... one! This one let our boat come really close, he just couldn't care less.
Finally, he voiced his displeasure...
... and took off!
Then we saw some more wild ponies with some birds...
... ponies with birds on top...
... ponies without birds...
... and birds without ponies. These two are White Ibises (Juvenile, that's why they are gray and not white):
These two are Greater Yellowlegs:
The two white ones are Snowy Egrets:
Here is a Cattle Egret next to a pony...
... a Little Blue Heron...
... a Tricolored Heron...
... and an American Oystercatcher...
... look, he caught an oyster!
On the way back, we saw some dolphins!..
... and another Bald Eagle landing in an abandoned osprey nest...
... and sitting there.
By the way, this house used to stand on the island (that's the low stretch of land to the right). But strong storms tend to gradually move these little islands towards the shore, i.e. in the western direction (eroding the eastern edge and depositing the soil on the other side), so the island moved and the house stayed where it was...
Finally, this is the Assateague Light, a lighthouse confusingly located within the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (which covers both the Chincoteague and the Virginia part of Assateague Island). Here it is seen from the water...
... and here from the land.
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