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hibiren.bsky.social
I forgot how much we're invested in horse races and jousting here (it IS the state sport after all--) so there's a lot of local-adjacent inspo floating around in my head haha

bc for the centaur au, the coastal centaurs are inspired by the wild horses of assateague 🥰 if any Horse Folks noticed xD
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 AM
jeremysell.bsky.social
Dunlins (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Calidris alpina) spend winters along mild shorelines around the world, then migrate to the arctic in the summer to breed. In either locale they feed on invertebrates and the occasional small fish. Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, 14 May 2014.
Dunlins (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae: Calidris alpina) spend winters along mild shorelines around the world, then migrate to the arctic in the summer to breed. In either locale they feed on invertebrates and the occasional small fish. Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, 14 May 2014.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
amandabecker.bsky.social
I’ve been closer to black bears and aggressive wild horses (assateague) and I’m like but … I’d SMELL!
February 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
redtailledhawk.bsky.social
I've gotten super into horse TikTok recently and my inner horse girl is roaring back... When I was a kid the only reason we vacationed (multiple times!) in Ocean City MD was because I wanted to go to Assateague Island 😅
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
coasttv.bsky.social
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program is marking 30 years of science-driven conservation efforts to protect the bays behind Ocean City and Assateague Island.
www.coasttv.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
jenbritton.bsky.social
Assateague Island National Seashore: N09O-J Dewey, N2BHS-CK Johnny's Star, and N2BHS-CKW Peytona Star are a little family band together. Dewey seems like a great stepdad to Peytona Star! #photography #wildhorses #wildhorsepc
A pinto pony walks towards the camera atop a windswept sand dune with tall grass. The pony has a crooked blaze and blue eyes and his forelock, mane, and tail are flying in the wind, with a light blue cloudy sky in the background. A bay pinto two year old pony walks over the top of a sand dune among high dune grass, with a line of tall pines in the distance, under a cloudy blue sky. The pony's mane and tail are blowing a bit in the wind. A bay pinto pony mare is standing and looking intently towards her bandmates on top of a sand dune among grasses and other plants. While her body faces left-to-right, she is craning her neck around to look over her left shoulder towards the right side of the frame. Her tail lifts in the wind and the sky is cloudy.
February 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
jeffryspicoli.bsky.social
Todays #Scape . Assateague Island Virginia

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#DailyArt
February 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
kamalagriffin.bsky.social
Assateague Island is about 15 minutes away. Went to renew my OSV permit yesterday and snapped a few bayside shots.
February 5, 2026 at 5:56 AM
jenbritton.bsky.social
Black vultures are particularly delightful tree ornaments! Assateague Island National Seashore
#photography #wildlife #birbs
In this vertically oriented image, the top of a dead tree trunk, bark mostly stripped off, rises in the center of the image with a clear light blue sky background. Two black vultures perch on the tree - one on top and one on a knot just below the top bird.
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
johnthebassist.com
#beardsandbrews
John, naked, drinking mushroom coffee from an Assateague Island mug
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
4oh3.net
soon as the weather warms up enough im going to be tits out on assateague (assuming nobody is around)
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
jenbritton.bsky.social
From Assateague Island, mare N2BHS-AP Linda Rae's Autumn Glory
#photography #wildhorses #wildhorsepc
A head and shoulders profile of a bay pinto pony who is walking calmly from left to right in the frame. She is in her fuzzy winter coat and the background is winter-brown-colored reeds and shrubs.
February 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
assateagueisland.bsky.social
There’s a specific kind of magic at Assateague where the marsh meets the sea. 🌾 No noise, just the wind through the grass and the rhythm of the Atlantic.

#photo #photography #assateagueisland #maryland
February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
jenbritton.bsky.social
Assateague Island: Jojo's 2024 filly N6BMT-FW Assateague Ivy. She looks so much like her mom!
#photography #wildhorses #wildhorsepc
Both images in the post are shot from downslope on a barrier island sand dune in late fall, with the dune grasses uniformly light brown instead of green, and a clear light blue sky. A 6 month old chestnut pony filly is standing in the right side of the frame on top of the dune looking left, relaxed in napping mode. This image zooms in a bit so the filly is bigger in the frame, and now she is looking at the camera such that we can see the small star marking on her face.
January 31, 2026 at 7:42 PM
jenbritton.bsky.social
Assateague Island: from that time auntie Starlight babysat Morning Glory's little guy Braveheart
#photography #wildhorses #wildhorsepc
Two wild bay pinto ponies stand together looking at one another in a grassy swale between sand dunes in a barrier island landscape. The right side pony is a very young foal who is looking at the mare on the left with curiosity.The mare is looking generally towards the camera and appears to be enjoying herself.
January 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
jenbritton.bsky.social
This cutie is the Assateague Island filly N2BHS-AIOW Aster Linia.

#photography #wildhorses #wildhorsepc
A chestnut pinto pony with a thin blaze on her face walks purposefully towards the camera a mid barrier-island vegetation including marsh grass, scrubby evergreen trees, and bayberry bushes.
January 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
whropublicmedia.bsky.social
The Chincoteague Inlet Modeling Study, run in part by a VIMS scientist, shows that erosion on Assateague has left Chincoteague more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
How erosion on Assateague is changing Chincoteague’s future
The Chincoteague Inlet Modeling Study, run in part by a VIMS scientist, shows that erosion on Assateague has left Chincoteague more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
www.whro.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Out of curiosity, is that Assateague Island?
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
andrewszalay.bsky.social
My wife said she just booked our spring trip to Assateague Island. Everything weighing on me suddenly feels lighter now.
January 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
conversationalist.org
Staff Reads by Newsletter Editor @mrsslrss.bsky.sociall: "Growing up, I was captivated by stories about the wild ponies of Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. I loved reading this ode to the annual Pony Swim tradition on the islands, and its reflections on human relationships with horses."
Horses Don’t Stop | Are.na Editorial
They keep going.
www.are.na
January 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
jenbritton.bsky.social
Assateague Island stallion N9BM-JQ Billy Bob, having some quiet time during a winter sunset
#photography #wildhorses #wildhorsepc
Small in the lower left corner, a wild pinto pony with a wide blaze marking is standing facing left to right in an oblique angle to the camera. He is standing among sand dunes with sparse and tall brown grasses, and we can see additionally layers of dunes and pine forest stretching into the background under a cloudy light orange sky.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
shoreundercover.bsky.social
Person Injured As A Result Of A Fall
📍Assateague Rd - Berlin, MD

-Berlin Fire Company (Station 600) has been dispatched to Assateague Road for a person who has been injured as a result of a fall. A person fell down the outside stairs and has an ankle injury.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
daddyfalldown.bsky.social
That’s beautiful. Where is it? I also spent much of the day outside shoveling ice-crusted snow, and your video reminded me of our summer trips to the ocean at Assateague Island, Virginia.

*happy sigh*
January 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Sunrise Sanderling. Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, USA.
A single small shorebird feeds in the wave swash of gentle surf at sunrise.
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
jeffryspicoli.bsky.social
Wild Horse at Assateague Island National Seashore. Taken several years ago while we lived in Delaware.

#Nature #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin #Assateague
January 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM