Category:Birds of Cape Hatteras National Seashore

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  Bodie Island Marsh Blind Wayside Sign (51757924822).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 2.88 MB
  
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  1 of 3 American oystercatcher chicks actively foraging with adults on the foreshore in Cape Point area (51305912907).jpg 2,085 × 2,836; 1 MB
  
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  10-day old American oystercatcher chicks at South Point, Ocracoke Island 052721 (51305912302).jpg 1,325 × 1,600; 242 KB
  
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  19-day old American oystercatcher chicks snuggling on an Ocracoke beach (51306848543).jpg 1,663 × 1,584; 423 KB
  
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  2 adult American oystercatchers with chick at Cape Point (50122673633).jpg 1,782 × 1,238; 1.77 MB
  
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  2 of 3 American oystercatcher chicks at 17 days old at Cape Point (51307376359).jpg 2,150 × 2,535; 1.25 MB
  
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  2020 piping plover fledgling from Whitefish Point (50829275042).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.72 MB
  
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  A 22-day-old American oystercatcher chick on Ocracoke Island taking a load off (50123237856).jpg 2,278 × 2,662; 1.17 MB
  
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  A black-bellied plover seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c855fd1e-1dd8-b71c-07bb-47915116b252).jpg 2,468 × 1,768; 2.56 MB
  
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  A brood of three killdeer chicks in the area of Bodie Island Old Coast Guard Station (50123261216).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 2.36 MB
  
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  A brown pelican north of Ramp 25 on Hatteras Island (51306857118).jpg 3,696 × 2,448; 3.2 MB
  
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  A brown pelican seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8442d83-1dd8-b71c-0748-bb01980d0f1b).jpg 3,456 × 2,304; 2.92 MB
  
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  A common loon takes a break in the foreshore on Bodie Island (51306856153).jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 5.9 MB
  
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  A common loon takes a break on Bode Spit (51307668275).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 2.83 MB
  
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  A common yellowthroat on Bodie Spit (51307681950).jpg 2,648 × 1,909; 1,021 KB
  
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  A cute, little comparison of footprints from American Oystercatcher adults and chicks (51504398935).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 6.81 MB
  
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  A double-crested cormorant seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8482721-1dd8-b71c-07ff-8bfc8399ae95).jpg 1,372 × 1,832; 1.14 MB
  
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  A dovekie near the high tide line (50856346497).jpg 3,696 × 2,448; 3.71 MB
  
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  A flock of royal terns resting on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (3e5aea3e-1dd8-b71c-07a2-6156360f916c).jpg 2,044 × 1,150; 789 KB
  
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  A great blue heron seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c84c82b1-1dd8-b71c-071e-97dc6b1f7167).jpg 1,776 × 2,300; 1.5 MB
  
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  A great crested flycatcher with its next meal (51306675076).jpg 3,470 × 2,443; 1.34 MB
  
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  A great horned owl hunting behind seasonal housing (51499613152).jpg 2,304 × 1,536; 1.07 MB
  
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  A green heron foraging in the tidal creek next to Ramp 72 (50123262366).jpg 2,807 × 2,701; 1.18 MB
  
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  A green heron showing off on Ramp 72 (51352651953).jpg 2,305 × 1,536; 449 KB
  
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  A group of black-necked stilts roosting in the bait pond mudflats on Bodie Island Spit (50123485962).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.32 MB
  
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  A large congregation of cormorants on Bodie Spit (51307687820).jpg 3,696 × 2,448; 3.51 MB
  
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  A least tern chick out on South Point, Ocracoke Island (50829189126).jpg 3,131 × 3,022; 3.58 MB
  
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  A merlin seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c84a4be5-1dd8-b71c-0756-e2dd03761031).jpg 1,956 × 1,368; 891 KB
  
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  A migrating piping plover foraging at Oregon Inlet (51503456621).jpg 3,696 × 2,448; 3.45 MB
  
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  A nice size comparison between Royal and Common Terns--both in nonbreeding plumage (photo-bombed by the Royal Tern in the back) (50828438353).jpg 3,041 × 2,428; 681 KB
  
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  A northern mockingbird seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8536693-1dd8-b71c-07d5-b3505e3a408e).jpg 2,284 × 1,676; 1.35 MB
  
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  A pair of American Oystercatcher chicks seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c862ae92-1dd8-b71c-077f-0e6053d20c18).jpg 2,396 × 1,736; 2.05 MB
  
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  A pair of American Oystercatchers on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (7f0a9551-1dd8-b71c-07c4-eff2b418e0ca).jpg 560 × 380; 162 KB
  
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  A pair of gull-billed terns resting near a mixed colonial waterbird colony on the southern tip of South Point (51353163099).jpg 1,841 × 1,628; 503 KB
  
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  A pair of least tern chicks seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8750363-1dd8-b71c-07c0-01a2ffcab34c).jpg 3,456 × 2,304; 4.25 MB
  
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  A pair of least terns seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c859706f-1dd8-b71c-0769-66757ea132e9).jpg 2,220 × 1,500; 1.94 MB
  
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  A peregrine falcon seen down around Cape Point on December 3rd, 2013. (c8a5ab38-1dd8-b71c-07a5-2a760c16b149).jpg 600 × 701; 195 KB
  
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  A peregrine falcon seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c85c29b4-1dd8-b71c-074f-91f30abedd65).jpg 2,528 × 1,944; 2.51 MB
  
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  A piping plover on South Point (51353445960).jpg 2,049 × 1,573; 546 KB
  
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  A piping plover seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c850feb0-1dd8-b71c-0733-f40bb00bc3cc).jpg 1,920 × 1,292; 1.43 MB
  
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  A piping plover seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c86c1814-1dd8-b71c-07b8-eaccbfdd7ef7).jpg 1,644 × 1,160; 1.04 MB
  
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  A piping plover, on South Point, cleaning out all the sand from his feathers (50829273992).jpg 2,404 × 2,081; 629 KB
  
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  A really cool marsh bird - the American Bittern tries to blend in with the cordgrass along Ramp 72 (50829189706).jpg 2,968 × 3,041; 1.59 MB
  
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  A sanderling seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c87e360b-1dd8-b71c-0740-29a30b74c411).jpg 1,432 × 1,968; 1.02 MB
  
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  A sanderling, in winter plumage, protecting its foraging territory on Ocracoke Island (50829271977).jpg 1,785 × 1,526; 449 KB
  
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  A second wave of Red Knots have started migrating through Ocracoke Island again - many more have been observed in this bright red breeding plumage (50122696313).jpg 2,048 × 1,736; 494 KB
  
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  A semi-palmated plover seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8883a56-1dd8-b71c-0717-6b239a955549).jpg 1,824 × 1,264; 691 KB
  
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  A snowy egret erupts in flight near Oregon Inlet (51503457316).jpg 3,389 × 2,217; 1.01 MB
  
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  A snowy egret seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c891f5f1-1dd8-b71c-07b4-dfe981add9a7).jpg 1,536 × 2,304; 1.61 MB
  
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  A snowy owl rests on the Cape Point beach. (c8a7f381-1dd8-b71c-0740-c1f7e0ee3731).jpg 600 × 665; 233 KB
  
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  A Sora foraging along the canal on Ramp 72 (51305944042).jpg 1,406 × 1,406; 715 KB
  
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  A sweet little American Oystercatcher chick on Ocracoke Island (50123485122).jpg 1,872 × 1,714; 453 KB
  
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  A tri-colored heron seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c88b4f57-1dd8-b71c-07c6-bd4f9a39c04d).jpg 2,712 × 2,044; 2.91 MB
  
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  A tri-colored heron seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c89d9b1c-1dd8-b71c-079f-b057d1ab85b0).jpg 3,456 × 2,304; 3.88 MB
  
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  A turkey vulture on the beach north of Ramp 25; observed scavenging a nearby dead dolphin (51306881828).jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 4.69 MB
  
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  A whimbrel seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c872b284-1dd8-b71c-0726-8bd3e11ddf5f).jpg 1,556 × 1,020; 700 KB
  
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  A white ibis seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8a31394-1dd8-b71c-073e-3137f49397ad).jpg 1,996 × 1,344; 1.31 MB
  
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  A willet seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8689d61-1dd8-b71c-070d-7ee4180b0169).jpg 2,724 × 2,008; 1.5 MB
  
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  A yellow-crowned night heron seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c85f85f9-1dd8-b71c-0754-9cfb5d0aaed7).jpg 2,412 × 1,760; 2.08 MB
  
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  Adult American oystercatcher and chick at Cape Point (49959659507).jpg 2,048 × 1,366; 801 KB
  
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  Adult American oystercatcher wearily watches on as a human nears the vicinity of its nest on Bodie Spit (50123270581).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.26 MB
  
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  Adult American oystercatcher with chicks near Cape Point (50123270096).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 1.08 MB
  
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  Adult American oystercatcher with hiding chick at Cape Point 06-20-2020 (50123269611).jpg 1,248 × 957; 269 KB
  
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  Adult least tern within active colony in Ramp 23 area (50122708183).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 3.27 MB
  
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  American oystercatcher adults and three chicks at Cape Point (51184333492).jpg 3,024 × 2,652; 1.31 MB
  
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  American oystercatcher being territorial to my presence while conducting a nest check on Hatteras Island (50828457943).jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.17 MB
  
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  American oystercatcher breeding pair on Ocracoke Island (49787459228).jpg 2,049 × 1,883; 703 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher brood on northern end of South Point RPA - photo taken by trail camera (51353460855).jpg 1,471 × 828; 352 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher brood on southern end of South Point (51352428971).jpg 2,049 × 1,739; 463 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher chick (21 days old) south of Ramp 27 (50828456508).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.82 MB
  
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  American oystercatcher chick and a chick in the process of hatching from egg at Cape Point (51186130030).jpg 800 × 600; 124 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher chick at 2 days old on Ocracoke Island 07-05-2020 (50828455818).jpg 339 × 356; 32 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher chick at Cape Point (50829294132).jpg 722 × 938; 103 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher chick at Cape Point (51184369687).jpg 1,024 × 768; 169 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher chick at Cape Point 06-20-2020 (50829294202).jpg 568 × 544; 69 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher closeup view on Ocracoke Island (49788320027).jpg 853 × 1,138; 126 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher foraging in the foreshore on Ocracoke Island 04-01-2020 (49788000061).jpg 1,429 × 1,429; 281 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher foraging on Ocracoke Island 04-01-2020 (49788319927).jpg 2,049 × 1,863; 515 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher incubating its nest site (49787464923).jpg 2,406 × 2,761; 815 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher incubating nest at Sandy Bay (51758968248).jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 1.04 MB
  
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  American oystercatcher pairs have started showing back up along the Seashore; these two oystercatchers were found roosting on South Point 03-03-2021 (51352658028).jpg 2,644 × 2,135; 668 KB
  
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  American oystercatcher scrape on spoil dune, Ocracoke Island (49787462068).jpg 2,250 × 3,000; 3.61 MB
  
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  American oystercatcher with one chick at 26 days old (06-17-2020) at Cape Point (50828458758).jpg 2,995 × 1,772; 630 KB
  
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  American oystercatchers at Cape Point (49787459663).jpg 1,392 × 928; 194 KB
  
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  An adult royal tern eagerly displays a fish (fish-flashing) in an attempt to attract a female mate (50829210301).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.54 MB
  
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  An American oystercatcher breeding pair resting along the foreshore on South Point (51351693047).jpg 2,185 × 1,446; 502 KB
  
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  An American oystercatcher incubating a 3-egg nest, South of Ramp 38 in the VFA (51503497956).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 1.71 MB
  
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  An American Oystercatcher seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c8659769-1dd8-b71c-07a7-12aa3aea69c1).jpg 2,052 × 1,516; 1.47 MB
  
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  An American Oystercatcher seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c89582e0-1dd8-b71c-077c-d2f2eee1080a).jpg 2,584 × 2,004; 3.05 MB
  
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  An elusive Wilson's Snipe trying to hide from me along the canal on Ramp 72 (51758967723).jpg 2,640 × 2,119; 1.46 MB
  
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  An incubating American oystercatcher on Bodie Spit (51503498371).jpg 3,023 × 2,219; 791 KB
  
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  An orchard oriole among the pines near the Bodie Lighthouse (51306886928).jpg 3,769 × 2,627; 1.22 MB
  
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  An osprey with a freshly caught meal on Bodie Spit (51306887053).jpg 3,446 × 2,332; 677 KB
  
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  An oystercatcher copulation sequence from an unbanded pair on Bodie Spit (51758727861).jpg 1,200 × 593; 161 KB
  
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  Bald Eagle (16265875705).jpg 640 × 640; 41 KB
  
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  Bald eagle on the beach at Ocracoke (51352440556).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 918 KB
  
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  Bald eagle perched atop a telephone pole adjacent to Hwy 12; the species has been prevalent lately along Hwy 12 (50829309052).jpg 1,956 × 1,258; 243 KB
  
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  Banded American oystercatcher chick on Hatteras Island (50829309312).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 2.82 MB
  
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  Black Skimmer in Flight (c84f416c-1dd8-b71c-0763-4181e4b484e4).jpg 2,128 × 1,484; 600 KB
  
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  Black skimmers setting up their nesting colony on South Point (50829325107).jpg 2,466 × 1,387; 422 KB
  
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  Black-bellied plover foraging alongside a white ibis at Bodie Spit (51758994623).jpg 1,280 × 853; 92 KB
  
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  Black-bellied plover in the foreshore; Bodie Island (50829326932).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.82 MB
  
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  Black-crowned night heron roosting in a tree on bodie Island spit (50829241211).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 2.28 MB
  
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  Black-crowned night-heron foraging on the beach north of Ramp 63 on Ocracoke Island (50828491388).jpg 1,260 × 1,512; 275 KB
  
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  Bodie Island Lighthouse Fly-by (14730276031).jpg 640 × 640; 55 KB
  
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  Brown Pelican in Flight (c88516db-1dd8-b71c-07eb-61792d3e62ee).jpg 2,412 × 1,712; 1.9 MB
  
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  Cape Hatteras National Seashore (021176f8-6a2d-447c-879e-4dcf27eff986).jpg 1,515 × 2,384; 1.09 MB
  
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  Cape Point American oystercatcher adult brooding 3 chicks...note the tiny legs close to her breast (51759013608).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 1.32 MB
  
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  Cape Point American oystercatcher adults and their three chicks moving to the foreshore to feed at the tip of Cape Point on May 18, 2021 (51759637035).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 1.83 MB
  
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  Cape Point American oystercatcher adults teaching their young to feed on mole crabs (51759014263).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 1.82 MB
  
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  Common loon - resting (50087779881).jpg 1,280 × 960; 284 KB
  
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  Common loon resting near Ramp 67 on Ocracoke Island (50831696277).jpg 2,028 × 2,245; 1.61 MB
  
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  Common loon resting on the foreshore - we often see loons this time of year resting on the beaches, especially after rough weather conditions (50087779931).jpg 756 × 1,008; 141 KB
  
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  Cormorants sleeping on a dead snag, unfazed by the loud ferries (50832644402).jpg 2,288 × 2,193; 666 KB
  
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  Dovekies are precious little seabirds that are mainly found in the North Atlantic. This one was spotted at the very tip of South Point on Ocracoke Island (51351708057).jpg 2,771 × 2,528; 955 KB
  
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  Eastern towhee behind the Bodie Island Old Coast Guard Station (51500626143).jpg 3,615 × 2,379; 1.36 MB
  
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  Egret at Bodie Island North Carolina image 1.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.14 MB
  
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  Egret at Bodie Island North Carolina image 2.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.12 MB
  
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  Egret at Bodie Island North Carolina image 3.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 2.83 MB
  
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  Finding a Resting Place (14313870276).jpg 640 × 640; 74 KB
  
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  Forsters Terns and a Bonapartes Gull at Ramp 70 on Ocracoke Island (51503510206).jpg 4,230 × 3,244; 1.68 MB
  
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  Greater yellowlegs mid-flight on Bodie Spit. (51504229574).jpg 3,707 × 2,590; 627 KB
  
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  Group of sanderlings loitering in the foreshore on Bodie Island (50832621526).jpg 2,464 × 1,632; 1.37 MB
  
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  Injured Great Horned Owl (14625274374).jpg 640 × 640; 170 KB
  
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  Juvenile bald eagle resting on the South Point mudflats on Ocracoke Island (50856680907).jpg 2,998 × 2,569; 811 KB
  
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  Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron loitering on Bodie Island Spit near the Bait Pond (50855866313).jpg 1,150 × 1,565; 335 KB
  
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  Large groups of double-crested cormorants can always be seen on South Point in the fall and winter months (51758165482).jpg 2,710 × 1,961; 933 KB
  
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  Migrating piping plover at South Point on Ocracoke Island (51758491647).jpg 1,861 × 2,049; 672 KB
  
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  Migrating piping plover foraging on the north end of Ocracoke (50856658966).jpg 2,230 × 2,578; 1.03 MB
  
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  Migrating piping plover resting (51759570965).jpg 3,425 × 2,502; 842 KB
  
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  More Double-crested Cormorants - currently, the most prominent and abundant vertebrate observed on Ocracoke beaches (51759894995).jpg 4,396 × 2,987; 1.41 MB
  
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  Nature Boardwalk, Bodie Island Lighthouse, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Outer Banks, North Carolina (14261876137).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 4.38 MB
  
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  One of our younger American oystercatcher chicks getting fed by the adult, in an RPA north of Ramp 63 (51760179255).jpg 1,559 × 1,460; 390 KB
  
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  One of the more distinct birds found in the salt marshes on the Pamlico and Roanoke Sounds side of the barrier islands. (7f0d6776-1dd8-b71c-071e-0b615fa1e380).jpg 2,304 × 1,728; 1.87 MB
  
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  Piping Plover in winter-nonbreeding plumage on the north end of Ocracoke (51759335886).jpg 3,340 × 2,547; 1.56 MB
  
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  Piping plover on South Point (50857229042).jpg 1,512 × 1,380; 280 KB
  
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  Royal terns seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c87a5463-1dd8-b71c-07f2-47a0cf278b81).jpg 2,264 × 1,632; 1.71 MB
  
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  Sanderlings follow the surf up and down the beach, probing for invertebrates in the sand. (7f0ba3d3-1dd8-b71c-0729-69e238302da0).jpg 1,024 × 768; 466 KB
  
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  Sandwich terns seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c881a964-1dd8-b71c-074e-68f1a0b3fe1f).jpg 1,908 × 1,292; 1.13 MB
  
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  Several black skimmers seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c89add06-1dd8-b71c-0771-95ef7d6dad4d).jpg 1,908 × 1,364; 1.35 MB
  
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  Several short-billed dowitchers seen within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (c88f8bac-1dd8-b71c-0795-675560076bbb).jpg 2,372 × 1,560; 1.47 MB
  
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  Snowy Owl and the Lighthouse (c8a94bf3-1dd8-b71c-0707-2e011b063c0d).jpg 600 × 800; 290 KB
  
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  White Ibis and Snowy Egret (c86e49a1-1dd8-b71c-0725-328ef53a3c59).jpg 2,396 × 1,640; 1.99 MB
  
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  White-winged tern spotted near Ramp 44 in Buxton (50828691176).jpg 2,657 × 1,771; 1.6 MB
  
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  White-winged tern spotted near Ramp 44 in Buxton (50828692011).jpg 2,776 × 1,851; 1.52 MB