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  1. Red-shouldered Hawks

    Red-shouldered Hawks

    A mated pair of Red-shouldered Hawks does a food exchange in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Not visible in the photo but the hawk on the left had a rodent under his/her talons and was vocalizing. The hawk on the right flew in and took the rodent. This is a medium sized hawk, broad wings and...
    • Vicky Burke
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    • bird-of-prey buteo lineatus north carolina red-shouldered hawk usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  2. Field Sparrow

    Field Sparrow

    Small sparrow with pink bill, gray face, white eye-ring, rusty crown and eyeline.
    • Vicky Burke
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    • field sparrow north carolina spizella pusilla usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  3. Galdwall

    Galdwall

    Intricately patterned with dray, brown, and black, silvery tertials, black rear with white patch
    • Vicky Burke
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    • gadwall hendersonville hendersonville nc mareca strepera north carolina usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  4. Ring-necked Duck

    Ring-necked Duck

    Dark head, back, rear with pale/whitish sides, and white crescent near chest.
    • Vicky Burke
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    • asheville aythya collaris north carolina ring-necked duck usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  5. Purple Finch

    Purple Finch

    I love when these guys arrive.
    • KC Foggin
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    • north carolina purple finch (haemorhous purpureus) south carolina usa
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: North America
  6. Hooded Merganser

    Hooded Merganser

    Smallish duck with flamboyant crest. Raised in this picture to attract nearby female. Males (pictured here) have a black back, white breast, and chestnut flanks. Females are overall tawny gray brown.
    • Vicky Burke
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    • 1bb asheville hooded merganser lophodytes cucullatus north carolina usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  7. Canvasback

    Canvasback

    Female, pale back/sides, dark chest and rear. Brown head with sloping forehead.
    • Vicky Burke
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    • 1dt aythya valisineria canvasback north carolina
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  8. House_Finch_SB.jpg

    House_Finch_SB.jpg

    Male
    • sbarnhardt
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    • china grove feeder haemorhous mexicanus house finch north carolina residential united states urban
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  9. Thrasher B ND 610 Sig 050 600C 2020 DSC_3098.jpg

    Thrasher B ND 610 Sig 050 600C 2020 DSC_3098.jpg

    Looking for a meal
    • D. Taylor
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    • brown thrasher north carolina toxostoma rufum
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: North America
  10. A walk down a nature trail

    A walk down a nature trail

    This is near the beginning of a wooded nature trail at Sloan Park in Rowan County, Piedmont Region, North Carolina. Many birds in this area.
    • sbarnhardt
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    • hiking nature trail north carolina park piedmont region quiet wooded
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Landscapes
  11. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Female

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Female

    Picture taken Spring of 2020 in China Grove, Piedmont Region, North Carolina using cell phone camera The butterfly is on a purple, Common Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus.
    • sbarnhardt
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    • butterfly eastern tiger swallowtail hibiscus north carolina piedmont rose of sharon zzbb
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  12. Late afternoon / evening Emerald Isle North Carolina

    Late afternoon / evening Emerald Isle North Carolina

    Later in the afternoon / evening as the sun sinks lower into the ocean signaling the end of another nice day in Emerald Isle, North Carolina.
    • sbarnhardt
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    • beach coast coastal emerald isle north carolina ocean relaxation sand sun
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Landscapes
  13. Sunrise Emerald Isle in Coastal Region of North Carolina

    Sunrise Emerald Isle in Coastal Region of North Carolina

    The only one awake in the house, a cup of fresh coffee in my hand, sitting in a rocking chair, and the sun coming up on a new day! It doesn't get any better than this! An early morning sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of the southeastern United States.
    • sbarnhardt
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    • atlantic beach coastal north carolina ocean peaceful quiet serenity sunrise
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Landscapes
  14. Dark-eyed Junco

    Dark-eyed Junco

    Slate-colored form
    • njlarsen
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    • blue ridge parkway junco hyemalis north carolina usa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  15. Eastern Red Squirrel

    Eastern Red Squirrel

    • njlarsen
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    • blue ridge parkway north carolina usa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  16. Eastern Screech Owl

    Eastern Screech Owl

    This bird fledged on the same day or the day after. It looks gray, but as far as we were told by Steve (Hamhed) the parents seemed to be red phase both of them
    • njlarsen
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    • juvenile megascops asio north carolina usa weaverville
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  17. Canada Warbler

    Canada Warbler

    This one was singing near the gravel road but did not let me get close. The light was definitely missing (6400 iso). For those reasons, please excuse the quality.
    • njlarsen
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    • blue ridge parkway canada warbler cardellina canadensis north carolina usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  18. Acadian Flycatcher

    Acadian Flycatcher

    This was first identified by voice and then we found it - unfortunately sitting in a very dark spot.
    • njlarsen
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    • curtis creek empidonax virescens north carolina usa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  19. Black Tern

    Black Tern

    • mali
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    • black tern chlidonias niger north carolina usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  20. Black Tern

    Black Tern

    • mali
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    • black tern chlidonias niger north carolina usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  21. SF - Grackle Ferry

    SF - Grackle Ferry

    Taking the ferry to Paradise Island and all these grackles showed up. The attendant told us they go out with the other ferry because the attendant feeds them and when they are full they fly to the other ferry as it passes going the opposite way. Buggers are too full to fly the whole way back...
    • STEFFRO1
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    • 1bb boat-tailed grackle boat-tailed grackle quiscalus majo north carolina quiscalus major usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  22. Summer Tanager, Male

    Summer Tanager, Male

    Caught this one in flight, suprised it came out this good with the busy bg.
    • D. Taylor
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    • flight male north carolina piranga rubra summer tanager usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  23. Tranquill Stream

    Tranquill Stream

    I took a break from wildlife photography and tried a bit of landscape. Spent a week in North Carolina and had a great time.
    • JBerard
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    • north carolina
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Landscapes
  24. Sleeping on the Sidewalk

    Sleeping on the Sidewalk

    American Woodcock sleeping on the Sidewalk
    • Rubberhead
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    • american woodcock north carolina scolopax minor usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
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