Bidding Farewell to the Bay!

Scenes like this will be missed! 

My parents’ home is (guess I should say "was") right on the Chesapeake Bay has always been a treat for this shutterbug.  The location is in what is called the Northern Neck part of the Commonwealth of Virginia near Kilmarnock and Wicomico Church. 

“Lifer” Bird Adds to Beach Visit Discoveries

 

We did not see what we went to try to see but this Sullivan’s Island visit turned out to be a day of surprises. 

I did not realize I had photographed a new bird for me, a “lifer” as birders call such an encounter. This beach bird is called the Forster’s Tern. I did not notice the forked tail until I loaded my pix to my iPad.