Horned Grebe in winter plumage - Assateague Island, Assateague State Park, Berlin, Maryland
A half dozen of these guys and a coupla dozen Bufflehead where feeding on the island side of the bridge, and I was just beginning to make some halfway decent captures as they came closer and closer to my car, when a concerned ranger asked me to leave for my own safety. There had only been 3 or 4 cars that had passed in the hour I was there, but I figured he knew best and did as I was told. And then there was that pesky "No Stopping or Standing" sign, but I figure that only applies in the summer when there's actual traffic. :{)
I considered parking the car at the visitor center parking lot, and walking the half mile back to the bridge, but figured these guys and their Bufflehead buddies wouldn't come anywhere near me if I were sitting exposed on the bank. :{(
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