Cindy Hamilton got a photo of a ruddy turnstone as he was flying overhead at Grandview Nature Preserve in Hampton in an area known as Factory Point, where birds tend to congregate.
Connie Owen sent a photo of a least sandpiper on the beach at Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore. Least sandpipers are the smallest of the shorebirds and belong to a group known as “peeps.”
Laura Joksaite photographed a ghost crab with grass sticking out of its mouth on the beach at Fort Story in Virginia Beach.
Benjamin Gerber photographed a family of dolphins including a calf frolicking in the water off the Virginia Coast while on a Rudee Tour in Virginia Beach.
Scott Balderston sent a photo of a juvenile white ibis that was sitting on his dock in his backyard along the Elizabeth River in the Riverwalk neighborhood in Chesapeake.
Bill Caruso got a photo of a mallard hen with her ducklings enjoying an early summer evening on the Jamestown Crescent Tidal Pond in Larchmont in Norfolk.
Pat Enderly had a surprise visit from a pileated woodpecker and its baby in Bellamy Manor Estates in Virginia Beach. “This male pileated woodpecker has visited my yard for several days, but bringing the baby and feeding it was a wonderful surprise,” Enderly wrote.
Mike Chin sent a photo of his third brood of bluebirds in their nest and mouths open waiting for food in the Pine Ridge neighborhood of Virginia Beach.
Harold Winer sent a photo of his fourth nesting of bluebirds as they were hatching from their shells in Kings Grant in Virginia Beach. “This same pair has been with us since 2017 and this is the first time they have had four nestings in one season,” wrote Winer.
Steve Daniel sent a photo of a female cardinal and her juvenile baby munching on a blackberry at Stumpy Lake in Virginia Beach.
Frank Daman sent photos of “Bewick’s wren and a pair of juvenile bluebirds from a previous hatching returning to see where they were born” in Kempsville Greens in Virginia Beach.
Liam Conery photographed a female hummingbird drinking nectar from a zinnia plant in his Virginia Beach backyard.
Thomas Houser sent a photo of a zebra swallowtail feeding on nectar from a zinnia flower in his backyard in the Carolanne Farms neighborhood in Virginia Beach.
Joseph Robbins photographed a tiger swallowtail butterfly on a butterfly bush in the Rose Hall neighborhood of Virginia Beach.
Greg Thomas photographed a black-and-yellow garden spider in the center of its dew-covered web in his backyard in the Red Mill neighborhood in Virginia Beach.
Mickie Nance took a photo of a green tree frog at the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail in Chesapeake. “He hopped all the way to the top of the flagpole,” wrote Nance.
Rich Brown had a yellow-bellied slider visit his backyard in the Great Neck area of Virginia Beach.
Gary Williamson sent a photo of a beautiful tan and golden cottonmouth sunning itself on a log on the Little River in North Carolina.
Joan Chang sent a photo of a yellow-tailed squirrel at Great Neck Point in Virginia Beach. “With a plethora of squirrels, this is the first one I have seen with a golden yellow tail,” Chang wrote.
Mike Weirich got a photo of a raccoon peeking out from the fork of a tree in his yard in the Great Neck area of Virginia Beach.
Chris Watt sent a photo of a couple of fawns grazing on the second fairway of the former Signature at West Neck Golf Course in Virginia Beach.
Vickie Shufer, [email protected]
