
Bodie Island lighthouse. Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

Bodie Island lighthouse. Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

Bodie Island lighthouse. Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina.

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.