Behold the graceful great egret. Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia #birds#herons

Solitary sandpiper, Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia #birds

Great egret, Huntley Meadows Park, Virginia. Some of these birds will come within 10 feet of the boardwalk if everyone is fairly still, so this is barely cropped. #birds#herons

Semipalmated sandpipers, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware #birds

Caspian tern, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware #birds

Dowitchers, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware. If anyone knows whether these are long-billed or short-billed, please comment! #birds

Snowy egret, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware #birds#herons

American bittern, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware. It was pure luck that I saw it: I was aiming at a pair of ducks just to make sure I knew what they were (American black ducks) and noticed something moving in the background up against the grass. #birds#herons

Forster's tern, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware #birds

Tricolored heron, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware #birds