Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Look close, as the sun sets over Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, two bald eagles perch in a tree high above. Blackwater is also home to the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, a large handsome steel-gray squirrel that once ranged from Pennsylvania throughout the Delmarva (Delaware-Maryland-Virginia) peninsula but is now limited to four counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Peregrine falcons can also be found here, as well as a wide variety of wetland-dependent mammals and birds.