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I’ve spent the last few days at a beautiful spot on the Eastern Shore, Wades Point. While the property is now run as an inn, it originally was a private farm owned by Thomas Kemp, a master shipbuilder who designed and built many ships for the fledgling United States Navy during the war of 1812. Kemp built the brick manor house that still stands on the property in 1821. His son enlarged the home later in the 1800’s, and the property remained in the Kemp family until 1984, when it was sold to it’s current owners. Almost a half-mile of the property is waterfront, some of it is still farmed, there’s a large pond on one side of the property and a very small one on the other, and a nature trail runs all along the property edge. In short, it’s a great place to walk, to relax, and to watch the wildlife.
A Great Blue Heron roosts on a hedge row tree along one of the soybean fields.
Cattle Egrets forage in the horse pastures.
The horse’s legs look rather imposing against the Cattle Egret.
Of course, the insects and bugs are thick this time of year. This is a dragonfly that I’ve never seen before.
A Chipping Sparrow on the front yard.
Eventually, the Cattle Egrets took off to find another spot to forage.