Durham, NC 12/30/18
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| Female Northern Cardinal | Male Northern Cardinal | Male Northern Cardinal | Dark-eyed Junco | Dwarf spider |
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| Dwarf spider (Ceraticelus atriceps) | Male Eastern Bluebird | Neighborhood marsh | Neighborhood pond | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Scuttle fly | Sundog | Same sundog | Ash seed weevil (Lignyodes fraxini). Genus ID thanks to Vassily Belov. | White-throated Sparrow |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/23/18
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| Male Bufflehead and juvie Red-breasted Merganser | Female Red-breasted Merganser and male Bufflehead | Same female Red-breasted Merganser and male Bufflehead |
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| Merganser | Almost full moon | Pied-billed Grebe | Another Pied-billed Grebe |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/23/18
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| Hurricane Alley's mural | Gulls | Rock Doves | Ruddy Turnstone | Town square |
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| Willet | Woodstock in the Christmas exhibit |
Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 12/22/18
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| Mystery asters | Eastern Buckmoth | Same Eastern Buckmoth | Another Eastern Buckmoth | Fly |
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| Pond | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/22/18
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| Sanderling | Willet | Sunrise |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/22/18
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| Female Bufflehead | Male Bufflehead | American Coot and mystery duck | Female Red-breasted Merganser | Two juvie? mergansers |
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| Snowy Egret | Same Snowy Egret | Another Snowy Egret | Tricolored Heron | White Ibis | Same White Ibis |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/21/18
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| Mystery asters | Brown Pelicans | More Brown Pelicans | Female Bufflehead | Duckweed, Water Meal, possibly Water Fern |
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| Firewheel | Gulls | Sea Myrtle | Waves |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/21/18
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| Female Bufflehead | Male Eastern Bluebird | Full Moon | Juvie Little Blue Heron | Mallards eating feed left by resident, proof positive that they're the most intelligent duck species! |
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| Pied-Billed Grebe | Nonbreeding Male Ruddy Duck | Female Ruddy Duck | Tricolored Heron |
Durham, NC 12/19/18
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| Black Vulture | Snow | Snow | Tufted Titmouse | Same Tufted Titmouse |
Durham, NC 12/18/18
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| Brown Creeper | Same Brown Creeper | Same Brown Creeper | Chipping Sparrow | Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Same Dark-eyed Junco | Same Dark-eyed Junco, in partial shadow | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Tufted Titmouse |
Durham, NC 12/11/18
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| A brief snow cover |
Durham, NC 12/8/18
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| Male Downy Woodpecker | White Heath Asters |
Durham, NC 12/3/18
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| Winter crane fly |
Durham, NC 12/1/18
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| Leaf beetle (Paria quadrinotata) | Dwarf spider | Jumping spider (male Hentzia mitrata) | Orb weaver (female Araneus miniatus) | Maybe a wolf spider |
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| Spider on hat | Elongate springtail (Entomobrya bicolor) | White Heath Aster |