Stumpy Lake Natural Area


Saturday morning 10-11-2025

I went over to Stumpy Lake Natural Area in Virginia Beach on Saturday morning to see and shoot some wildlife. And by wildlife, I mean birds. I know it’s still about three or four weeks before they start to show up in large numbers. But I still need to get some practice with my Nikon 800mm PF lens.

We had a nor’easter approaching but it wasn’t going to be here until later in the day. But the clouds really made for some good landscape photography.

Stumpy Lake Natural Area

I was able to find a single Great Blue Heron and grabbed this image of it. Great Blue Heron

I was even able to grab an image of a juvenile Bald Eagle flying over. Bald Eagle

In the next several weeks, a lot more Egrets and Herons should be moving in and then the photography fun will really begin. I’m looking forward to it.

See the full album here: 2025-10-11 Stumpy Lake Natural Area


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