Reuben Rohn photographed a black-necked stilt and a greater yellowlegs feeding together in Back Bay in Virginia Beach.
Joe DiGeronimo sent photos of immature bald eagles in Surry overlooking the banks of the James River. “The two sibling nestlings of a few weeks past are now fledglings taking to flight under supervision of their watchful parents,” wrote DiGeronimo.
Jacki Gerber photographed a pair of red knots, a type of sandpiper in Carova in northeastern North Carolina.
Mike Weirich sent photos of a yellow-crowned night heron in his yard in Great Neck Estates in Virginia Beach. “Had five yellow-crowned night herons walking through my yard looking for worms that came up because of the rain,” wrote Weirich.
Steve Daniel sent a photo of a great egret with an eel at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach.
Laura Mae had a rare sighting of a black-bellied whistling duck in the South Norfolk section of Chesapeake. Black-bellied whistling ducks are common south of the U.S. border and occasionally make their way north into the southern states.
Mary Jane Hall also sent a photo of the black-bellied whistling duck in Lakeside Park in Chesapeake.
Connie Owen was pleased to see wild turkeys in Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore. “The male was strutting his stuff for the females,” wrote Owen.
Morgan Ringer photographed a pileated woodpecker probing for insects in a crepe myrtle tree in the Green Acres neighborhood in Portsmouth.
Benjamin Gerber got a close-up photo of a mourning dove looking down at him from his perch in his backyard in the Western Branch neighborhood of Chesapeake.
Jane Hughey sent a photo of bluebirds visiting her beautiful fairy garden to get mealworms to feed the babies in the Indian River area of Chesapeake.
Gerald Einhorn photographed a hummingbird at a backyard feeder in the Little Neck area of Virginia Beach.
Darren Strickland spotted a pair of beautiful goldfinches in his backyard in the Red Mill area of Virginia Beach.
Jonathan Snyder sent a photo of a spring azure butterfly on a butterfly bush in his backyard in the Sawyer’s Mill neighborhood in Chesapeake.
Anne Fleder sent a photo of a paper wasp nest in the making on an overhang at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach. “Found this doozie while following a wasp back to the nest!!!” wrote Fleder.
Michelle Jarrett got a photo of a pair of black rat snakes mating at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach while walking with her two beagles.
Susan Gurganus sent a photo of a pair of broad-headed skinks sunning and holding hands on a deck in Indian Lakes in Virginia Beach.
David Arris photographed a box turtle near Wachapreague on the Eastern Shore.
Eileen Cobb photographed a pandora sphinx moth in the Lake Trant neighborhood in Virginia Beach. Cobb picked up what she thought was a wilted leaf on her porch and it fluttered. With its wings folded, the moth looked like a wilted leaf.
Laura Joksaite spotted some fur in a tree in the Robinhood Forest area of Virginia Beach and then realized it was a raccoon in the tree.
Thomas Houser photographed a couple of fox kits that came out from under his shed in his backyard in Carolanne Farms in Virginia Beach.
June McDaniels got a photo of a mink at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach.
Northeast winds had exposed mud flats that provided excellent feeding for wildlife.
Donna Twiford shared a photo of a fawn hidden under an azalea waiting for its mother in the Riverwood section of Portsmouth.
Vickie Shufer, wildfood@cox.net
