
All face west.
Willets (Tringa semipalmata), American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on a Pea Island mudflat.

All face west.
Willets (Tringa semipalmata), American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on a Pea Island mudflat.

Female bufflehead duck (Bucephala albeola), Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina.

Female bufflehead duck (Bucephala albeola), Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina.

Redhead ducks (Aythya americana), Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina.

Redhead ducks (Aythya americana), Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina.

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina.

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor), at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina.

Sandbreaks at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Sandbreaks at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Great blue fishing in Jones Creek at Claybank, Gloucester County, Virginia.
Why these birds are so skittish around people is a great mystery to me, since no one in the history of the world has ever wanted to eat one.