
Great blue fishing in Jones Creek at Claybank, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Why these birds are so skittish around people is a great mystery to me, since no one in the history of the world has ever wanted to eat one.

Great blue fishing in Jones Creek at Claybank, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Why these birds are so skittish around people is a great mystery to me, since no one in the history of the world has ever wanted to eat one.

Great blue fishing in Jones Creek at Claybank, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Why these birds are so skittish around people is a great mystery to me, since no one in the history of the world has ever wanted to eat one.

This was a heartrending discovery during my stay at Claybank. This little common yellowthroat warbler (Geothlypis trichas) died when it collided with a window. The National Audubon Society estimates that between 300 million and one billion birds die in collisions with glass in the United States each year, with about 45 percent of the collisions occurring at low-rise residences.

This was a heartrending discovery during my stay at Claybank. This little common yellowthroat warbler (Geothlypis trichas) died when it collided with a window. The National Audubon Society estimates that between 300 million and one billion birds die in collisions with glass in the United States each year, with about 45 percent of the collisions occurring at low-rise residences.

Watching. Wary. Waiting.
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), in a mixed stand of saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and big cordgrass (S. cynosuroides), at Claybank, on the York River, Gloucester County, Virginia.

Watching. Wary. Waiting.
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias), in a mixed stand of saltmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and big cordgrass (S. cynosuroides), at Claybank, on the York River, Gloucester County, Virginia.

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Ombre et lumière.
York River sunset from Claybank, Gloucester County, Virginia.

Ombre et lumière.
York River sunset from Claybank, Gloucester County, Virginia.