Bombay Hook

Normally  by  mid April I'd have been out to Brigantine, Bombay Hook and Barnegat Lighthouse several times, not this year. I took myself off down to Bombay Hook in Delaware. I left at 3:30am, way before the first Sparrow farted. I got down to the National Wildlife Refuge a minute after 6am in time to photograph the sunrise. 

Bombay Hook

Bald Eagle at Bombay Hook

The tide was going out and the majority of the birds were out on the Flats including loads of Bald Eagles. I was shooting towards the rising sun giving the golden coloration to the images.

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagles

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Great Blue Heron

Black-necked Stilt

Tree Swallows

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Snowy Egret

Great Egret

I spent a fair while trying to capture the Tree Swallows in flight, these birds are fast and erratic, I managed about 1 in every 25 shots.

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

Tree Swallow

Bald Eagle

Black-necked Stilt