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Lake Crabtree County
Park, Wake County, NC
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| Kite and (real) plane |
Bird's nest, complete with
pieces of plastic |
A view of the lake from
the northwest side |
Flying Double-crested
Cormorant |
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Durham, NC
1/29/12
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| Turkey Vulture |
Eastern Bluebird, probably
adult female |
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Durham, NC
1/26/12
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| Long-legged fly
(Hydrophorus genus) with aquatic vegetation in a drainage
structure |
Pennsylvania Bittercress
(Cardamine pensylvanica) |
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Durham, NC 1/25/12
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| Plasterer bee, seen in the
street |
Beetle larva |
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Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC
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| Carolina Wren |
Dark Fishing Spider on a
Ground Ivy leaf |
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Durham, NC
1/22/12
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Eastern Gray Squirrel |
Purple Dead-nettle |
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Carolina Lake,
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 1/21/12
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| Rock Doves and Boat-tailed Grackles |
Lesser Scaups (both male
and female) and a female Bufflehead |
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Ft. Fisher Basin
Trail, New Hanover County, NC 1/20/12
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| Male Hooded Merganser |
Male Hooded Mergansers |
Northern Mockingbird |
American Oystercatcher (in
the Cape Fear River) |
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| Maritime forest seen from
the boardwalk |
Savannah Sparrow, view #1 |
Savannah Sparrow, view #2 |
Savannah Sparrow, view #3 |
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Ft. Fisher Historical Sites (Battle Acre), New Hanover County, NC
1/20/12
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| Maritime forest, with
views of flags at the Visitors Center |
Male Boat-tailed Grackle,
hanging around the parking lot |
Common Buckeye, near the
maritime forest |
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Ft. Fisher Historical Sites (Battery Buchanan), New Hanover County, NC
1/20/12
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| Two American Oystercatchers on
the jetty |
Dunlins near the jetty |
American Oystercatcher
flying |
Another American
Oystercatcher |
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| Double-crested Cormorants |
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Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 1/20/12
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| Crested Peking Duck (Anas
platyrhynchos domestica), introduced from China |
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Carolina Beach (downtown), New Hanover County, NC 1/20/12
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| Sunrise from in town |
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Ft. Fisher Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 1/19/12
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| Double-crested Cormorants
migrating |
Male Hooded Merganser |
Subadult and female Hooded
Mergansers |
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Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 1/19/12
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
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Third Fork Creek
Trail, Durham, NC 1/18/12
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| Northern Cardinal |
Pond, with a natural oily
sheen from organic matter |
Scarab beetle, perhaps a
May/June Beetle |
Red Maple flower |
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Durham, NC
1/17/12
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| Male Downy Woodpecker |
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Durham, NC
1/16/12
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| Female Red-bellied
Woodpecker |
White-throated Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
Another photo of the Song
Sparrow |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
Dark-eyed Junco |
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Durham, NC
1/15/12
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| Turkey Vulture, one of
many vultures on a wireless tower |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Another Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
Song Sparrow |
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| Killdeer |
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Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/12/12
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| Centipede, apparently had
seen some action. |
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Third Fork Creek
Trail, Durham, NC 1/10/12
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| Marsh fly |
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Mason Farm Biological
Reserve, Orange County, NC 1/5/12
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| Male Eastern Towhee |
White-throated Sparrow |
Same White-throated
Sparrow |
Tufted Titmouse |
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Durham, NC 1/4/12
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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Jordan Lake Dam,
Chatham County, NC 1/1/12
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| Great Blue Heron alighting
in tree |
Great Blue Heron flying |
Double-crested Cormorant
flying |
Ring-billed Gull |
Another Ring-billed Gull |
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| Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) |
Double-crested Cormorant landing |
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Durham, NC 1/1/12
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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