Photos taken in USA and tagged as birds

Day_104_-_HB, Ducks

I will try to identify these later...

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_HB, Cormorant

This was at Huntington Beach State Park

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_104_-_HB, Tricolor Heron

These are much smaller then the Great Blue Heron we'd been seeing.

Date: 14 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Georgetown, USA: gallery
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Day_103_-_HB, Heron

This was at Hungtington Beach State Park. This Heron stayed close to the road, seemed to be quite used to people

Date: 13 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Myrtle Beach, USA: gallery
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Day_103_-_HB, Wood_Storks

These birds are moving north from Flordia as it becomes increasingly developed and they loose habitat

Date: 13 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Myrtle Beach, USA: gallery
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Day_103_-_HB, Wood Storks_2

These were at Huntington Beach State Park

Date: 13 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Myrtle Beach, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Birds on Island

This was from the Cedar Island Ferry, near the beginning of the trip

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Pelican1

We saw many brown pelicans at Hatteras Inlet today

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Four Pelicans in Flight

These are brown pelicans

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Cormorants

There were so many birds on this sand bar!

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Three Brown Pelicans

This was from the Hatteras Ferry, shortly after seeing the dolphins

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Birds on Sandbar

This was from the Hatteras Ferry.

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island NWR, Swans & Egrets

This is just a sample of the many swans, egrets and ducks we saw here. There were also brown pelicans and blue herons, but I'm not sure you can see any in this picture.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island NWR, Swan Takeoff

I believe these are Trumpeter Swans (black beak), but have been wrong on my species identification before, so let me know

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island NWR, Swans on South Pond

There are several ponds in the NWR, lots of birds on all of them

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island NWR, Heron

This bird was very close to the walk and didn't seem to notice all the attention he got from us tourists.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island NWR, Wasp

Mom really liked this wasp and was trying to get a closeup, so I thought I'd help also. The colors are unusual compared to wasps I've seen before.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island, Mom & Atlantic Ocean

We again decided to test the waters, this is the Atlantic side of Pea Island.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island, Pemlico Sound

Mom is gathering sand for a friend. This is the western side of the Island, very beautiful but no waves.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Pea Island NWR, Indian Blanket

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

This is the third lighthouse built on the outside edge of Cape Hatteras. It was built in 1870 and stands 207 feet high. It was built with a first order Fresnel lens, which has since been replaced.