ABOUT THE PARK: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge - the States Fish too Wildlife Service
DIRECTIONS: GPS Coordinates 39.054157, -76.222199
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| Parking merely across the dyad to the entrance at the Tundra Swan Boardwalk. |
TRAIL MAP: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Brochure too Map - the States Fish too Wildlife
HIKE DISTANCE: 12.85 miles
THE HIKE:  |
| Starting at the Tundra Swan Boardwalk. |
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| Road walking from 1 trail to another. |
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| Tundra Swans |
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| Not fifty-fifty one-half a mile in, our root bald eagle sighting. |
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| And a groovy blueish heron that had merely flown into the marsh. |
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| He never moved but he was watching us equally nosotros went by. |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
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| First up, the Boxes Point Trail on the left ... |
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| ... but it's closed because of nesting eagles. |
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| On to the side yesteryear side trail, the Tubby Cove Boardwalk on the right. |
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| At the halt of the boardwalk, at that spot is a plane blind to the correct ... |
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| ... too a viewing platform to the left. |
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| On the agency back, a turkey vulture watching us. |
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| Continuing on the route walk. |
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| Left on Bogles Wharf Road. |
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| A brusque distance in, parking for the Duck Inn Trail on the correct too merely beyond that ... |
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| ... the Duck Inn Trail on the left. |
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| The Duck Inn Trail ends at an overlook at the Chester River. |
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| Buffleheads |
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| Chester River |
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| Heading dorsum inwards the few minutes of blueish heaven too sunshine that were allotted for this day. |
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| A left on Bogles Wharf Road to maintain on to Bogles Wharf Landing. |
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| Another bald eagle along the way. |
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| Two turkey vultures inwards the tree to the left. |
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| Bogles Wharf Landing |
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| An eagle flight over Durdin Creek |
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| On the agency back, our 2 turkey vulture friends were even then inwards that tree. |
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| And the eagle even then soaring over Durdin Creek on the left. |
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| At the same time, a groovy blueish heron flight over. There was agency to a greater extent than wild animals to live seen on the route walk parts than on the trails. |
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| Back at the chief road, a left to maintain on. |
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| Turkey vultures are everywhere. |
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| The Wildlife Trail on the left. |
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| No wild animals to live seen but nabbed balloon #29 of the year. |
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| Back out on the route heading towards Wickes Historic Site. |
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| What is this on the left? |
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| Spring! |
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| Hundreds of geese inwards the champaign along the route to the visitor center. |
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| We'd live heading to the visitor centre on the agency back. |
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| Just later the historic site, the paved route ends. I had wanted to explore farther but different the people inwards the car parked at the historic site who ventured beyond the closed sign, I obeyed the sign too turned back. |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Turning left towards the visitor center. |
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| Those hundreds of Canada geese off to the right... Somebody honked the alert equally nosotros neared too ... |
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| ... on cue, every unmarried goose went airborne at the same time. It was quite a sight. |
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| The visitor centre upward ahead. |
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| The Tidal Marsh Overlook Trail, a brusque trail behind the visitor center. |
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| Heading back, restrooms are to the correct at the dorsum of the visitor center. |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Now on to the Bayview Butterfly Trail. |
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| It's at the halt of this long gravel road. |
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| Balloon #30 along the way. |
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| More turkey vultures. |
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| And yet unopen to other eagle soaring overhead. |
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| The overlook on the Bayview Butterfly Trail. |
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| Chesapeake Bay |
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| The Butterfly Garden but no butterflies yet. |
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| Heading back. |
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| Off to the left from the chief road, 2 eagles soaring together. It looked similar they were playing, didn't hold off territorial or aggressive at all. They merely swerved too soared too were evidently having a blast. |
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| I ridded their turf of balloon #31. |
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| Nearing where nosotros parked at the entrance, unopen to terminal wild animals sightings. |
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| A groovy blueish heron flight over. |
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| He landed on the Tundra Swan Boardwalk. |
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| Another 1 to the right. |
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| The terminal of the Tundra Swans earlier they caput north. |
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| Brodie's backpack was quite loaded towards the halt of this hike. We got the three balloons, vii beer cans (there were 700 to a greater extent than nosotros could non get) a firecracker too a plastic bottle. |
