
Fleeing the surf: sanderlings (Calidris alba), and an immature ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) at Coquina Beach, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

Fleeing the surf: sanderlings (Calidris alba), and an immature ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) at Coquina Beach, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.
Fleeing the surf: sanderlings (Calidris alba), and an immature ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) at Coquina Beach, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), at Coquina Beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), at Coquina Beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), in a brackish lagoon on Bodie Island, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), in a brackish lagoon on Bodie Island, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), at Coquina Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), at Coquina Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

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Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) taking flight at Bodie Island light, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.
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Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) taking flight at Bodie Island light, in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.