A kingfisher takes a break from the morning hunt on Selene's head at Kettle Pond, Mariners Museum and Park, Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature #bird

A juvenile yellow crowned night heron still learning the ropes at the dinghy launch on Mill Creek, Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

Fence at Mariners Lake, Mariners Museum and Park, Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

I noticed that on an otherwise glass smooth pond, I was seeing little ripples in the back corner. At a fallen tree, this river otter poked it's head up. As soon as the shutter clicked, it submerged and skedaddled...what a nice surprise! Kettle Pond, Mariners Museum and Park, Newport News VA

A yellow crowned night heron at the old dinghy launch on Mill Creek, Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

A great egret on a fallen tree at Kettle Pond, Mariners Museum and Park, Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

Young buck in the woods off Museum Drive near Harvey Field, Mariners Museum and Park, Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

A great blue heron wades in a tributary of Front Cove at Messick Point, Poquoson VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

An eastern carpenter bee gathering pollen on a bee balm plant at the community garden located at the Poquoson History Museum, Poquoson VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

Spear Thistle. Paradise Creek Nature Park, Portsmouth VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

A green heron scavenges among the scallop and oyster shells during low tide on Mill Creek, Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

They grow up so fast. Won't be long before this young Yellow Crowned Night Heron leaves the nest. Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

Crabbers out early checking their traps Off Fort Monroe beach, VA #boat #sunrise #crabbing #shotoncanon #peaceful #photography #picture #photographer #photo

A red winged blackbird pauses on a piling at the kayak launch to yell "WAKE UP!!" to the world. Paradise Creek Nature Park, Portsmouth VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo

A whitetail dragonfly pauses on a piece of tree limb at the edge of the drainage pond at City Center, Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

Pelican on a piling at the breakwater seawall at the marina, Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature #bird

Getting the stink-eye from a yellow crowned night heron chick from the nest at the theater. As I walked around the ground under that chick's side of the nest, it's gaze followed me until I left. Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

Rust and paint pimples, interior fortress rampart door, Fort Monroe VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #history

Snacking on clover next to Kettle Pond, Mariners Museum and Park, Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #photo #nature

An oystercatcher working hard for breakfast on the rocks behind the Chamberlain Fort Monroe VA #photographer #photography #photo #picture #nature

Getting breakfast shouldn't be this much work. Egret on Waters Creek, Newport News VA #photographer #photography #photo #nature #morning #amateurphotographer #virginia #canon

"Do you mind? I'm trying to eat!!" Osprey, Fort Monroe VA #photography ##picture #photographer #photo

Pelican on the seawall breakwater at the marina, Fort Monroe VA #photography #photo #picture #photographer #shotoncanon

Green Heron on Lake Biggins, Huntington Park, Newport News VA #photography #photo #picture #photographer

Sometime deep shadows can work for you....Cormorant on Lake Biggins, Huntington Park in Newport News VA #photography #picture #photographer #nature #morning #photo #shotoncanon

Ghost Crab, Fort Monroe beach. #photography #picture #photographer #photo

Muscovy Duck in a hurry at Waters Creek, Newport News VA #photo #photographer #photo #photography

It's that time of year....these little puffballs are everywhere. Gosling, Newport News VA #photography #photo #picture #photographer

Crab basket washed up on Fort Monroe beach, Fort Monroe VA #photography #photo #picture #photographer

Robertson's Windmill, E. Francis Street. Designed and built between 1955 and 1957, the reconstructed Windmill is based on the 1636 Bourn windmill in Cambridgeshire, England. Colonial Williamsburg VA #photography #picture #photo #photographer #canon