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Durham, NC 12/31/25
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
An improved version of the White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same Red-shouldered Hawk |
White-breasted Nuthatch with seed |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Pine Warbler |
Pearly cloud |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Female Eastern Bluebird |
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Durham, NC 12/30/25
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| Barred Owl |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Same Red-shouldered Hawk |
Same male Northern Cardinal |
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| Same male Northern Cardinal |
Same male Northern Cardinal |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Another Dark-eyed Junco |
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| American Goldfinch |
Another American Goldfinch |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Spanish Needles |
Seed shrimp, etc., in drainage conduit |
Durham, NC 12/24/25
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| Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
Same jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
Different jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
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| Giant aphid |
Same jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
Running crab spider |
Another running crab spider |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Parasitoid wasp |
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synageles genus) |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris) |
Same Western Lynx Spider (Oxyopes scalaris) |
Different jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 12/21/25
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| Little Bluestem |
Turkey Oak |
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Lake Park, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/21/25
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| Tricolored Heron |
Same Tricolored Heron |
Tree Swallow |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
White Ibis |
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| White Ibises |
Female Ruddy Ducks |
Forster's Tern |
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
Juvie Little Blue Heron |
Forster's Tern |
Mallard pair |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/20/25
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| Sunset in the east. Photo by Karl David Gottschalk. |
Double-crested Cormorants |
Afloat, the Buoy Art Project, a community-wide participatory public art project designed by Lauren Pallotta Stumberg and carried out under the direction of the Island Arts Council for display at the Carolina Beach Municipal Marina. Community members painted the buoys at two scheduled times. The announcement for the beginning of the project: https://islandartscouncil.net/afloat |
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Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/20/25
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| Common Buckeye |
Northern Mockingbird |
Same Northern Mockingbird |
Tree Swallow |
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| Helicopter |
Tree Swallow |
Tree Swallow |
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| Tree Swallow |
Airliner |
Brown Pelicans |
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| Song Sparrow |
Young Northern Mockingbird |
Double-crested Cormorants |
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Lake Park, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/20/25
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
Great Egret |
White Ibises |
Tricolored Heron |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/19/25
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
Great Egret |
Tricolored Heron |
Yellowbelly Slider |
Same Yellowbelly Slider |
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
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Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/18/25
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| Asters |
More asters |
Tree Swallows |
Earleaf Greenbrier (Smilax auriculata) |
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| Tree Swallows |
Tree Swallows |
Northern Mockingbird |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/18/25
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| Asian Lady Beetle |
Male Boat-tailed Grackles |
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Lake Park, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/18/25
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| Male Boat-tailed Grackle with goodie |
Same male Boat-tailed Grackle with insect |
Same male Boat-tailed Grackle looking good |
Juvie Herring Gull cutting up |
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| Adult Herring Gull, also active but more dignified |
More Herring Gulls |
Yet more Herring Gulls |
And more |
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| Ring-billed Gulls and a splashing Herring Gull |
Splashing Herring Gull |
Maybe two Ring-billed Gulls |
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| It looks like a Ring-billed Gull, but acting like a Herring Gull |
Houses and clouds at lake edge |
Tricolored Heron |
Same Tricolored Heron |
Snowy Egret |
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| Mallards |
Double-crested Cormorant |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/17/25
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| Sunset at beach, looking south to Kure Beach pier |
Wave |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Brown Pelicans |
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Lake Park, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/17 /25
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| White Ibis |
Same White Ibis |
Little Blue Heron |
Same Blue Heron |
Same Blue Heron |
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| Great Egret |
Killdeer |
Mallards |
Snowy Egret |
Same Snowy Egret |
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| Same Snowy Egret |
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Piney Woods Park, Durham, NC 12/13/25
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| Eastern Phoebe |
Same Eastern Phoebe |
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Durham, NC 12/10/25
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| Song Sparrow |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Chipping Sparrow |
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| Birds flying south |
Grass and cattail seed |
Chipping Sparrow |
Another Chipping Sparrow |
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| Female Eastern Bluebird |
Same female Eastern Bluebird |
Other female Eastern Bluebirds |
Airliner |
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Durham, NC 12/9/25
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| Male Downy Woodpecker |
Same male Downy Woodpecker |
Female Downy Woodpecker |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Durham, NC 12/7/25
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| Japanese Spindle Tree flowers |
Giant aphid |
Broad-faced Sac Spider (Trachelas tranquillus) |
Tan-striped variety of White-throated Sparrow |
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| Same tan-striped variety of White-throated Sparrow |
Eastern Gray Squirrel with a pine cone |
Frost asters |
Female Purple Finch |
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| Same female Purple Finch |
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Durham, NC 12/6/25
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| Broad-faced sac spider, male (Trachelas tranquillus) |
Lesser dung fly |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Durham, NC 12/4/25
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| Japanese Mazus |
Miscanthus sinensis, Malapartus variety |
Tufted Titmouse |
Woolly Bear |
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Durham, NC 12/2/25
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| Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata) |
White-throated Sparrow |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
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Durham, NC 12/1/25
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sundog |
Japanese Spindle Tree flowers |
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