Assateague Wildlife and Bird Watching
Wildlife abounds at Assateague Island! World renowned for its bird watching, with over 300 species of birds on the island. Assateague is also home to Sika and white tail deer. The Sika deer are smaller than the white tail deer and commonly seen on the island especially in the evening. The Assateague Refuge is also home to thousands of ducks and geese. Known as the black duck capital of the world, Assateague also is a home to many snow geese, canadian geese, and many different species of ducks. Also see below for some photos of blue heron and egrets!
This is a great blue heron - these are found throughout the marsh on Assateague and Chincoteague Island.
This is a picture of some geese and ducks on Assateague and gives a good view of the water that the 3.1 mile hiking loop circles.
This bull Sika deer was following the herd of doe below. Sika deer are originally from asia but are prevelent on Assateague. There are even hunting seasons on the island to maintain the herd.
These are the doe that were following the bull Sika deer above (also known as Sika Elk)
This is a pircture of a Great Egret on Assateague Island. This is my favorite picture from my novice attempts at bird watching/photography.
This is a beautiful picture of a Great Egret in flight over Assateague Island.