Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/28/15
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| Nonbreeding Horned Grebe | Another Horned Grebe | Horned Grebe family | Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow sizing me up |
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| Song Sparrow still curious | Same Song Sparrow | Tricolored Heron |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/28/15
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| Young White Ibis | Female House Sparrow, at Carolina Lake | Mural | Adult male and young House Sparrows | Two House Sparrow pairs |
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| Male House Sparrow | Female House Sparrow | American Coots and a duck at Carolina Lake |
Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 12/27/15
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| Wandering Glider | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/27/15
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| American Oystercatchers | Evening Primrose, with dew | Small plane in flight | The Southern variety of sundog (much smaller and simpler than the Northern type) | Hooded Mergansers and probably a Northern Pin-tailed Duck |
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| Snowy Egret |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/26/15
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| Orb weaver web | Savannah Sparrow | Sanderling | Same Sanderling | Female Sand Fiidler Crab |
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| Male Sand Fiddler Crab | Fog-obscured fishermen on Carolina Beach looking south | Double-crested Cormorant | Another Double-crested Cormorant | Another view of that Double-crested Cormorant |
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| Common Buckeye | Nonbreeding Brown Pelican | Buffleheads |
Durham, NC 12/20/15
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| Carolina Wren |
Durham, NC 12/18/15
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| Northern Brownsnake |
Durham, NC 12/15/15
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| Song Sparrow | Dark-eyed Junco | Same Dark-eyed Junco |
Durham, NC 12/14/15 (local marsh)
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| Song Sparrow among Cattails | Japanese Mazus | Another Song Sparrow |
Durham, NC 12/13/15 (Third Fork Creek Trail)
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| Barklouse | Dwarf spider |
Durham, NC 12/12/15
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| Song Sparrow | Turkey Vulture | Another Turkey Vulture | Adult water boatman | Another adult water boatman |
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| Three water boatman nymphs | White-throated Sparrow |
Durham, NC 12/11/15
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Jumping spider |
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, FL 12/6/15
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| Cassius Blue | Orchard Spider | Raccoon, which climbed a cabbage palm, | in search of fruit to eat. | You can see the paw. |
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| Looking... | Zebra Heliconian, dorsal wing view |
Bailey Tract, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/6/15
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| Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata). ID thanks to William Edwards. | Female Roseate Skimmer | Male Roseate Skimmer |
Bailey Tract, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/5/15
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| Common Buckeye | Cassius Blue | Drone Fly | Florida Ivory Millipede | Water snake |
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| Young Pied-billed Grebe | Two young Pied-billed Grebes | Sabatia stellaris | Twice-stabbed ladybug beetle (Chilocorus cacti) | White Peacock |
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| Mystery wildflower |
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, FL 12/5/15
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| Common Ground Dove | Little Blue Heron | Roseate Spoonbill | Snowy Egret and Little Blue Heron | Tricolored Heron |
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| White Pelicans and a few Double-crested Cormorants | Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, and Snowy Egret |
Causeway Islands Park (Island A), Lee County, FL 12/5/15
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| Barred Yellow | Sandwich Tern, seen from the bridge from the mainland | Kiteboarder | Kiteboarder, seen from a distance | Two kiteboarders |
Turner Beach, Captiva Island, Lee County, FL 12/4/15
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| Nonbreeding Black-bellied Plover | Double-crested Cormorant | Same Double-crested Cormorant | Common Merganser | Pen Shell, with barnacles and various shells |
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| Snowy Egret | Sanderlings | Ruddy Turnstone |
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/4/15
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| American Alligator | Anhinga calling (croaking sound) | Same Anhinga | Cuban Anole | Young Little Blue Heron |
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| Long-legged fly | Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia genoveva) | Wildflowers and pink fruits | Close-up of the wildflowers | Plant with spiny seedpods |
Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 12/4/15
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| Yellow-crowned Heron | Great Egret | Feral cat |
Hagerup Beach, Captiva Island, Lee County, FL 12/3/15
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| Beach Bean (Canavalia rosea) | Nonbreeding Black-bellied Plover | Dolphin | The beach, looking south | Osprey |
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| Osprey | Royal Tern in flight | Willet | Royal Tern |
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Lee County, FL 12/3/15
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| Young Black-crowned Night Heron | American Alligator | Cuban Anole on fig tree | Large fish (each at least a foot long) | Little Blue Heron |
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| Roseate Spoonbills, a Snowy Egret and a Little Blue Heron | Roseate Spoonbills, a Willet, a Little Blue Heron, and two Wood Storks | Snowy Egret | Tricolored Heron |
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| White Ibis | Another White Ibis, among mangroves | Young White Ibis | Almost adult White Ibis | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Young Black-crowned Night Heron |
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| Power line cut through the lake | Raccoons and White Ibises |
Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 12/3/15
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| Sunset |
Punta Rassa, Lee County, FL 12/2/15
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| Great Egret | Brown Pelican just in front of a boat | Mangrove Tree Crab (Aratus pisonii), quite a climber! | Cuban Anole |
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| Nonbreeding Sandwich Tern | Probably Fish Crow, has strange crossbill | Male House Sparrow | Dolphin | Mystery flower on tree |