Assateague National Wildlife refuge..and another quiz...

Howdee all,

It was a cold morning here in assateague and I didn't want to get out of bed....we have no electrical hookups for the Homey here and rely on our generator...so no heat used unless it is necessary. At night we keep the temp around fifty...so in the am its chilly...
This morning when we turned the heat on it seemed like it took forever to warm up...so i just hung out in bed and read my birdie blogs.
Jeff went out birding in the am...when he got home we ate lunch ..
We decided to go for an exercise walk up to the state park and back along the beach...
Its so nice to have the beach to yourself...no one there this time of year....We love off season...
We did a little birding...saw a red throated loon...a lifer for us...Jeff did most of the looking up..
as i was having fun looking down to see what treasures i could find in the sand....

Which brings me to the quiz....
What plastic item was most seen this beach...leftover from beach goers ....
and a bonus question is what is the second most plastic item seen on the beach???
Good luck...

below is where we are camped at the refugee...
there are only two others in our section of the campground...we have a lovely site on the bay side...with views of the water...rather than the ocean side with views of the dunes...
we are also visited by some of the wild horses..

Western Tananger, Cape May

what is the name of this butterfly??? what do u think beach girl...so far you won both contests...will you be three for three?

Howdee...

Here is a quick handheld..digiscoped video of the Western Tananger we saw today at
Higbee beach, Cape May. Read this article about the bird...and the rare bird alert.

first video shows the scene....birders looking for the rarely seen bird...



the bird



I have been playing around a bit with digiscoping...not so easy handheld...but here is another video..

catbird

Hanging out with the birds and our new Scope....and new contest...

Howdee all

I have a new contest...guess the bug that makes this sound
for a nice prize.....
first one to guess gets the prize...
good luck....

We did some birding this morning...a walk around Higbee beach...we didnt walk the beach ...but walked around fields and woods. Then grabbed a little lunch and Headed out to the Hawk watch area...... In the video below...Jeff talks a little about our new scope.

Win a Prize if you identify these plants..

Thats Right...if you are the first one to correctly id these two plants..you win a prize...I am not sure what the gift will be yet..
maybe a penny...a rock....a plant...a shell...a box of candy...
next time I see you i will give you your prize...