Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Diamondback Terrapin' © Copyright c 2007 William K. Hunter II. All rights reserved.
Diamondback Terrapin laying eggs

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta

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'Blue Jay' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Blue Jay

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Out Foxed' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Fox eats Snake

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Great Egret' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Great Egret

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus ' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
'Eagle Eating Turtle' © Michael T Pyle 2010
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Eagle Eating Turtle

Since 1937, Bombay Hook has hosted hundreds of thousands of migrating ducks, geese, shorebirds, and neotropical songbirds, all following old traditions of natural history, the spring and fall migrations. Tired and hungry, they seek shelter at Bombay Hook and feast on marsh grasses, fish, and other important foods before continuing their flight.
Bombay Hook is one of many refuges providing critical habitat between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. Its 16,000 acres include freshwater pools, swamps, upland forests, agricultural fields, and one of the largest unaltered tidal salt marshes in the Mid-Atlantic region.