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.

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Stumpy Lake Natural Area 11/17/2024

Morning at Stumpy Lake Natural Area

Canada Goose I went out to Stumpy Lake Nature Area on Sunday morning to look for some birds to photograph. It’s been a bit slow this Fall. Actually, it’s been a bit slow for me since I’ve hardly done any bird photography. But the 40 days of no rain wasn’t helping either. Stumpy Lake was actually a puddle. But we did manage to finally get some rain last Friday. I brought along my Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens.

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