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  • a roseate spoonbill filter feeding in the quiet waters of the marsh in the early morning
    roseate-spoonbill-2713.jpg
  • two dowitchers feed along the edge of a tide pool
    longbilled-dowitcher-9934.jpg
  • a flock of migrating red knots feed along the foreshore of the beach
    red-knot-flock-8851.tif
  • countless red-winged blackbirds move in an enourmous flock across the winter countryside as the feed on cut over grain fields
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  • A red cockaded woodpecker perched at the entrace to its nesting cavity with an insect trapped in its beak to feed its chicks inside
    _DSC6266.jpg
  • countless red-winged blackbirds move in an enourmous flock across the winter countryside as the feed on cut over grain fields
    _DSC9748.jpg
  • A huge mixed flock of different species of wading birds congregate in a small tidal pond at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
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  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9626.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4717.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4362.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpeckern nest-.jpg
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9668.jpg
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9456.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4869.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4645.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4226.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4088.jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpeckern nest-2428.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpeckern nest-2301.jpg
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  • reddish-egret-8221.tif
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9388.jpg
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9383.jpg
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9132.jpg
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9033.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4871.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4765.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4728.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4708.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4695.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4594.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4444.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4405.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4361.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4340.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4277.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4276.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4240.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4239.jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker perches at the edge of  his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker nesting cavi...jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpeckern nest-3278.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpeckern nest-2515.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpeckern nest-2119.jpg
  • red-knot-8886.tif
  • red-knot-flock-8867.tif
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9702.jpg
  • Eastern Bluebird Longleaf Pine-9181.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4809.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4338.jpg
  • An endangered red-cockaded woodpecker flies in to his nesting cavity with a spider in in his beak for the awaiting chicks inside. Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endemic species of the longleaf pine forest and were placed on the endangered species list due to the destrection of nesting habitat. Longleaf pine forests once covered an area the size of the Amazon across the southeastern United States. But today, less than 10% of this forest remains.
    red-cockaded woodpecker-4225.jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
  • an eastern bluebird sits at the edge of his nesting cavity in the longleaf pine forest. The cavity in use is an old red-cockaded woodpecer cavity that this family of bluebirds has taken over after being abandoned. The tell-tale globs of sap around the cavity shows the fact that this was once a red-cockaded nest.
    eastern-bluebird-nesting cavity long...jpg
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  • After a long and embattled chase, a pack of gray wolves finally took down a large bull elk in the snow inside Yellowstone National Park. As they began to feast, hundreds of ravens descended on the kill site. The result was a constant battle between wolves and ravens for several days.
    wolves-yellowstone-snow-0751.jpg
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  • After a long and embattled chase, a pack of gray wolves finally took down a large bull elk in the snow inside Yellowstone National Park. As they began to feast, hundreds of ravens descended on the kill site. The result was a constant battle between wolves and ravens for several days.
    wolves-yellowstone-winter-0769.jpg
  • A black necked stilt hunches over the water with a small morsal of food trapped in its bill
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  • After a long and embattled chase, a pack of gray wolves finally took down a large bull elk in the snow inside Yellowstone National Park. As they began to feast, hundreds of ravens descended on the kill site. The result was a constant battle between wolves and ravens for several days.
    wolves-yellowstone-snow-0751-2.jpg
  • A reddish egret dances in the shallows as it actively attempts to scare of fish to to forage
    reddish-egret-dance-8451.tif
  • downy-woodpecker-western-5564.tif
  • A male black necked stilt wades across a shollow fresh water pond covered with duck weed as two dowwitchers forage behind him
    _DSC7661-Edit.jpg
  • a lone wild stallion stands atop of the primary sand dunes north of Corolla on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, feeding upon American beach grass - its primary summer food source
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  • Harbor seals are more typically associated with the beaches of Cape Cod than they are on Cape Hatteras National Seashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976, however, harbor seal numbers have been on a steady rise as their population begins to approach preindustrial levels in the Western Atlantic Ocean. The result of this has been a steady uptick in seal sightings during the winter months across more southerly beaches. Typically, harbor seal adults will stay closer to their summer feeding grounds throughout the winter than the young pups and juveniles. Less adept and hunting, the pups will often follow their summer food sources such as herring and hake as they make their annual migrations south to Cape Hatteras. And as a result, many of these young seals can be found lounging on the beaches throughout the winter. Photo by: Jared Lloyd
    harbor seal outer banks-3230.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher-estuary-2.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher-4870-2.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher-4863.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher--11.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher-2-6.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher-estuary-3.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher-4870.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
    oystercatcher--13.jpg
  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • Harbor seals are more typically associated with the beaches of Cape Cod than they are on Cape Hatteras National Seashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976, however, harbor seal numbers have been on a steady rise as their population begins to approach preindustrial levels in the Western Atlantic Ocean. The result of this has been a steady uptick in seal sightings during the winter months across more southerly beaches. Typically, harbor seal adults will stay closer to their summer feeding grounds throughout the winter than the young pups and juveniles. Less adept and hunting, the pups will often follow their summer food sources such as herring and hake as they make their annual migrations south to Cape Hatteras. And as a result, many of these young seals can be found lounging on the beaches throughout the winter. Photo by Jared Lloyd
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  • a harbor seal pup lays on the beaches of the Outer Banks in the winter Harbor seals are more typically associated with the beaches of Cape Cod than they are on Cape Hatteras National Seashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976, however, harbor seal numbers have been on a steady rise as their population begins to approach preindustrial levels in the Western Atlantic Ocean. The result of this has been a steady uptick in seal sightings during the winter months across more southerly beaches. Typically, harbor seal adults will stay closer to their summer feeding grounds throughout the winter than the young pups and juveniles. Less adept and hunting, the pups will often follow their summer food sources such as herring and hake as they make their annual migrations south to Cape Hatteras. And as a result, many of these young seals can be found lounging on the beaches throughout the winter. Photo by: Jared Lloyd
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  • a harbor seal pup lays on the beaches of the Outer Banks in the winter. Harbor seals are more typically associated with the beaches of Cape Cod than they are on Cape Hatteras National Seashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thanks to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1976, however, harbor seal numbers have been on a steady rise as their population begins to approach preindustrial levels in the Western Atlantic Ocean. The result of this has been a steady uptick in seal sightings during the winter months across more southerly beaches. Typically, harbor seal adults will stay closer to their summer feeding grounds throughout the winter than the young pups and juveniles. Less adept and hunting, the pups will often follow their summer food sources such as herring and hake as they make their annual migrations south to Cape Hatteras. And as a result, many of these young seals can be found lounging on the beaches throughout the winter. Photo by: Jared Lloyd
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  • A snail kite flying over vegetation at Lake Gatun, or Lago Gatun, near the Panama Canal. Snail kits specialize in feeding on snails in southern freshwater wetlands and can be found all throughout the tropics including South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and even southern Florida. Their range is beginning to spread thanks to invasive non-native snails in North America. The scientific name is Rostrhamus sociabilis. Photo by Jared Lloyd
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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  • An American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus, forages along the edge of an oyster bed in a North Carolina estuary. Oystercatchers are a protected species in the state, their population dramatically falling over the last few decades due to disturbance of nesting areas by both off road vehicle use along the beaches as well as rising sea levels born of climate change. Oystercatchers are the only shorebird capable of prying open oysters and clams, which means many other species of birds will often follow oystercatchers as they forage in hopes of picking up scraps. These birds are one of the species that the Audubon Society and Southern Environmental Law Center sued Cape Hatteras National Seashore for allowing the oystercatcher population to go unprotected for many decades.
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