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MAY 4, 2022



Marsh Mooning



This swan was simply having a grand old time flipping up, foraging and feeding in the pond.


We saw painted turtles there, but they were farther away and we didn’t get a chance to get up close and personal footage like we could of this giant, who luckily for us was not camera shy at all.


There was a fellow giant at the pond that day, too. For a closeup, SCROLL DOWN…



May 4, 2022



Lean This Way



This heron was also fishing in the same pond.


We’ll show you footage of another heron later in this blog from the wildlife drive.


Whenever we visit the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, we’re almost guaranteed to see both swans and herons. Although great blue and other herons are quite a common sight in our backyard on Stone Harbor Boulevard, over the last 33 years I’ve only seen swans behind our house once or maybe twice.


For more big birds at the refuge, SCROLL DOWN…



MAY 4, 2022



What a Nest



This handsome Canada goose pair had quite a nest built up to prepare for egg laying.


We saw our first 5 little baby Canada geese last week at Belleplain State Forest, so we’ll be on the lookout for them everywhere now.


Forsythe provides a great opportunity to see lots of baby geese!


For some video of a completely different type of waterfowl, SCROLL DOWN…



MAY 4, 2022



Shoveling it Down



Although this is known as a common duck, we love seeing these shoveler ducks wintering at Forsythe since we never see them in our back yard on Stone Harbor Boulevard.


What a beak both the male and female have! And you have to love their latin name: Spatula clypeata!


We also love the male’s beautiful green head.


To see a very large winter flock at Forsythe, SCROLL DOWN…



MAY 4, 2022



So Many Snow Geese!



Keep in mind we have to look at SOMETHING while we wait for the hundreds and hundreds of diamondback terrapins here to resurface again in warmer weather, as well as other turtles here, too.


In this scan of the geese from the wildlife drive (they really do look like snow, don’t they?), we try to give you an idea of just how many snow geese were wintering at the refuge when we were there. We’re grateful we got to see so many in mid-March, and wonder if there were even more there over the winter months.


To see some of them gathered on the water, SCROLL DOWN…



MAY 4, 2022



Come on in, the Water’s Fine!



Here you can see some of the snow geese gathered in the water.


In the summer, among others: great white egrets and snowy egrets (and turtles) will replace the snow geese when they leave.


Seeing the snow geese at Forsythe every winter or spring is a tradition we’ve grown to love.


To see a bunch of the snow geese in flight, SCROLL DOWN…



MAY 4, 2022



Look to the Skies



While panning the marsh to give you another perspective of the snow geese covering the area, all of a sudden the geese from the water took off! Keep your volume turned up if you want to hear the geese as they flew over on this windy day.


We’re glad to have captured these beautiful birds in flight so we could share the wonder of them with you.


For a video of a great blue heron along the wildlife drive, SCROLL DOWN…



May 4, 2022



Ruffled His Feathers



The wind ruffled this great blue heron’s feathers. Then WE apparently ruffled his feathers as well, since he took off.


By the way, my friend Kathleen from Kentucky reminded me to “shellebrate” “the slowest two minutes in sports” at the 3rd Annual Kentucky 8-Turtle Derby on Saturday, May 7th at 4PM EST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkksXY6QDxyMur-5B5hTjYw Braxton Caudill writes: "the race will be shown in more than 10,000 bars and restaurants nationwide...and played on the Big Board at Churchill Downs for an estimated 150,000 fans in attendance for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby.”


We thank you for visiting the Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge. Thanks as always for reading!





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