Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Photos

2016 ponies - (l to r)  CLG Wild Star, CLG Bay Princess, Goldie

2017 colt - by Prince, out of Little Duckie  (I call him The Swan)

Rough surf hitting Assateague

American egret

First foal of 2017 - by Legacy, out of Anne Bonny  (I call her March Hare)

Tri-color egret

Sunset

Assateague Island Photos

Opossum

Squirrel

Assateague Lighthouse

Sunrise

Yankee and Sweet Tea

January sunset

On the marsh

Assateague Island in Winter - Photos

Most of these photos were taken by Alan Sklar...

An American Woodcock

Storm wrack - airplane portion with coral and shells attached

Sunset, 29 January 2017

One of the Maryland foals born last summer (possibly Chama's)

Bayberries (wax myrtle) grow wild on Assateague - the waxy coating on

the berries is extremely nourishing, but very few creatures can digest 

it.  They include the yellow-rumped warbler...

the tree swallow, which flocks here in large numbers,

and the "Sika deer", which are Japanese elk.

Assateague and Chincoteague Photos

The snow geese began arriving 13 October

White tail doe on Assateague

Delmarva fox squirrel

Cormorant

Froggie lunch for an  egret

Fall Round-Up - Blue Moon, Surfer Princess, Beach Bunny

Moonrise on Assateague

Assateague and Chincoteague Photos

Buckeye, a 9-year-old Feather Fund Chincoteague pony, gallops along Tom's Cove

Charmed and her new colt on the Maryland end

Butterfly Kisses - Riptide foal

Chincoteague Bay sunset

CNWR sunset

Eagle eye, Assateague

Dolphin family

Assateague Island, Maryland Photos

Bright Star

Osprey

Red fox

Squirrel

Jojo's colt

Bald eagle

Sunrise

Seen on Assateague Island - Photos

Cattle egrets in mating plumage on the beach

Wildest Dream, before foaling    -  photo by DSC Photography

Wildest Dream and her bay foal    -   photo by DSC Photography

Surfing duck

Assateague Lightning, a Maryland pony

Tree growth on the northern end of Assateague

Does this pony's forelock make you think of a political candidate?

Photos From Assateague and Chincoteague (My Vacation)

Sunrise on Assateague Island

Heron and crab on Assateague Island

Chincoteague ponies on Main Street

Duck and duckling at the Chincoteague Public Library

2015 Buy-Back ponies - The middle three are named Surfer Princess (chestnut with star and snip), Raven Moon (black), and Surfer's Blue Moon (black with white blaze) -left to right

Bald eagle on Assateague Island

Sunset and gulls over Little Oyster Bay