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Morning bike ride (2)

James River and view to Hog Island

 

"From the 17th century practice by English settlers of allowing hogs to forage at the tip of a peninsula jutting into the lower James River came the name Hog Island. Today, this "island" is the largest of several tracts that make up the Hog Island Wildlife Management Area. Here, waterfowl are attracted, often by the thousands, to forage and rest on the tidal marshes, diked impoundments and planted fields. There is also the opportunity to see eagles, an array of shorebirds, and even upland wildlife species on some parts of the area."

www.dgif.virginia.gov/wmas/detail.asp?pid=4

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Uploaded on June 6, 2013
Taken on June 6, 2013