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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.
    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.
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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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  • 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.
    oystercatcher-estuary-7.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-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-4.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.
    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.
    oystercatcher--10.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--9.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.
    oystercatcher-2-2.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.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-8.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.
    oystercatcher--19.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--18.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--16.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.
    oystercatcher--4.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.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.
    oystercatcher-2-4.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-2-3.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.
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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.
    oystercatcher-estuary-5.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.
    oystercatcher--3.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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • a flock of migrating red knots feed along the foreshore of the beach
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • a royal turn banks in flight with fish in his mouth over Core Sound with Cape Lookout National Seashore in the background
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  • A burrowing owl stands guard over a nest at sunrise in the Florida prairie. The Florida burrowing owl is a subspecies of the more common variety found all across western North American down through South America.
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  • an endangered red cockaded woodpecker flares its wings before landing in the opening of its nesting cavity to feed chicks inside
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  • A young black bear cub hides in the dense foliage of the trees while waiting for mom to return and call him down to join her. Black bear mothers, or sows, will send their cubs into the trees while they go off to forage for the day. Trees like this play the role of nurseries for young black bears, keeping them safe in the canopy of the forest. The cubs aren't always as patient as their mom wishes them to be, however. And after an hour or so, they get restless, playing with each other, or begin crying for mom. The sows will then come back to the nursery tree ever hour or so to check on the cubs, who immediately come scampering down at the first sound of mom's voice.
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  • A young black bear cub sits in the crotch of a tree high up in the canopy of the forest while waiting on mom to return. Black bear mothers, or sows, will send their cubs into the trees while they go off to forage for the day. Trees like this play the role of nurseries for young black bears, keeping them safe in the canopy of the forest. The cubs aren't always as patient as their mom wishes them to be, however. And after an hour or so, they get restless, playing with each other, or begin crying for mom. The sows will then come back to the nursery tree ever hour or so to check on the cubs, who immediately come scampering down at the first sound of mom's voice.
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  • A mixed flock of shorebirds composed of endangered red knots and sandwich terns land on the wet sand of a protected stretch of beach along an estuary to rest during their northward migration for the spring
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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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  • 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 young harbor seal pup stretches out on the beach along North Carolinas Outer Banks 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 young harbor seal pup lays on the winter beach along the Outer Banks of North Carolina 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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  • 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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