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Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, NC 12/28/08
This was an unusually mild day, with highs in the 70s.
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| Immature Bald Eagle | Great Blue Heron | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Durham, NC 12/28/08
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| Male House Finch |
Durham, NC 12/26/08
Except for the American Goldfinch, all of the below birds arrived during a feeding frenzy from 11:30 to 11:39 am.
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| Nothing says post-Christmas/post-Hanukkah gloom like a winter American Goldfinch! | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Female Eastern Bluebird | White-breasted Nuthatch | Male Downy Woodpecker |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Tufted Titmouse | Female House Finch |
Durham, NC 12/25/08
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Edenton, Chowan County, NC 12/20/08
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| Pale Mallard | Male and female Mallards | Female Mallard | Male Mallard |
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| Ring-billed Gull in flight | Young Ring-billed Gull |
Elizabeth City (downtown), Pasquotank County, NC 12/20/08
Some members of various domestic goose breeds hung out with some Ring-billed Gulls at a downtown park, then departed in an orderly manner. We saw hybrids of Greylag Geese, some varieties of Chinese Geese (domesticated descendants of the Siberian Swan Goose, Anser cygnoides), what seemed to be hybrids of the two, and a few white Embden Geese (Emdener Gans). Although all of the geese stayed together in a large group, they sought out those looking most similar to them when they swam away.
No guarantees about correctness of breed ID made here!
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| A Ring-billed Gull briefly flew next to some Grelag Geese | Here, six Grey Geese are focused on eating something. At least two have black bills and at least one has an orange bill. |
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| Greylag Geeseand Embden Geese | A group of Greylag Geese formed. |
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| The darker Pomeranian Geese are beginning to consolidate. | Here, the darker Pomeranian Geese have closed ranks at the front. | Maybe a Chinese Goose/Pomeranian Goose mix |
Elizabeth City (outskirts), Pasquotank County, NC 12/20/08
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| Yellow-rumped Warblers |
Durham, NC 12/17/08
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| American Robin | Male House Finch | Female House Finch |
Durham, NC 12/14/08
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| Female Downy Woodpecker | Male Downy Woodpecker | Male Eastern Bluebird |
Durham, NC 12/13/08
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| Brown-headed Nuthatch. Nuthatches are at home on vertical surfaces. |
Durham, NC 12/8/08
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| Carolina Wren | Brown-headed Nuthatch | Female House Finch |
Durham, NC 12/5/08
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| Male Eastern Towhee | Female Eastern Towhee |
Durham, NC 12/1/08
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| Two views of a Red-shouldered Hawk | |||||||||
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