Wild Delmarva

dawn light illuminates the continuously eroding sod banks

Cedar roots system

Common Green Darner

Blue Crab in the shallows

Speckled Trout on mudflat

Red Drum on oyster bar

photographs by Jay Fleming

Today at sunset the White-tailed Deer were out feeding in the last light of the day. This doe looked up for a second and I had my photograph.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming

It might be easy to confuse this juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron with an American Bittern. As an adult this bird will be gray with a black cap and back. But as a young heron the camouflage stripes on the throat look very similar to the bittern.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming

Sunrise sparkles on a pond this morning as a Great Blue Heron passes by.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming

I went fox hunting late yesterday and just at sunset I found this handsome but tired fox. She was digging and hunting for whatever she could find when she laid down for a rest. A moment later came the big yawn.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming

Hurricane Bill passed by the Delaware coast this weekend. While the storm was far offshore surfers were treated to nice waves. By this morning, the surf had calmed but the weather was still strange. To the south a thunderstorm was passing by early this morning. Here at Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park it was raining but the sun was visible on the horizon.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming

Hurricane Bill moved past the Delmarva Peninsula early this morning after kicking up the swell. The category two hurricane brought head high waves to nearly all ocean beaches up and down the coast. Glassy conditions made for nice little barrels in the photograph above.

photograph by Jay Fleming

A female Boat-tailed Grackle comes in for a landing on the shore of the Delaware Bay.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming

A mature female Blue crab, also known as a sook

A male jimmy crab

The scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, for the Blue Crab translates to Beautiful Swimmer. The state crustacean of Maryland is economically important to many waterfront communities up and down the Delmarva Peninsula.

photographs by Jay Fleming

A Great Blue Heron glides past a Great Egret early yesterday morning.

Photograph by Kevin Fleming