Diamond-backed Terrapin Strolls Diamond-backed Terrapin Squats
Photo Study Of Some Birds At E.B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine), June 14th, 2010
Species seen:
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Double-crested Cormorant |
Willet |
American Robin |
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Great Blue Heron |
Laughing Gull |
Gray Catbird |
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Great Egret |
Herring Gull |
Northern Mockingbird |
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Snowy Egret |
Great Black-backed Gull |
European Starling |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Common Tern |
Common Yellowthroat |
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Glossy Ibis |
Gull-billed Tern |
Northern Cardinal |
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Mute Swan |
Forster's Tern |
Blue Grosbeak |
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Canada Goose |
Black Skimmer |
Seaside Sparrow |
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American Black Duck |
Northern Flicker |
Song Sparrow |
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Mallard |
Eastern Kingbird |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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Osprey |
Purple Martin |
Boat-tailed Grackle |
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Merlin |
Tree Swallow |
Orchard Oriole |
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Peregrine Falcon |
American Crow |
American Goldfinch |
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Clapper Rail |
Fish Crow |
Northern Cardinal |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Blue Jay |
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Turkey Vulture |
Cedar Waxwing |
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On my first 8 mile loop today, I counted 52 Diamond-backed Terrapins on the dikes including two actively laying eggs.
Diamond-backed
Terrapin Strolls
Diamond-backed
Terrapin Squats
Of course, my primary mission today was to photograph birds:
Black-crowned
Night Heron Stares
Breeding
Plumaged Snowy Egret Sits Still For Portrait
Great
Blue Heron Suns
Black
Skimmer Skims
Common
Yellowthroat Sings
Halloween
Pennant Dragonfly Spreads Wings
To see a larger image of the birds below, please click on either the thumbnails or the captions...thanks!
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©
Howard B. Eskin 2010 
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