Vacation photos: final round-up
July 23rd, 2010
Common Loon
This was one of the biggest surprises of the week. I saw and photographed him from the dolphin-watching boat, but didn't realize what I had just photographed until I looked at the LCD. Loons are only expected at Outer Banks in winter and migration. This guy was supposed to be on some secluded mountain lake in Canada, not on the Roanoke Sound. I guess he (or she) was a nonbreeder who decided to linger on the wintering grounds.
Black Skimmer, wallpaper available
Laughing Gull, wallpaper available
THE Outer Banks gull. They share the beaches with smaller numbers of Herring Gulls and Great Black-Backed Gulls--but I can see both of those back home, so I don't focus my camera on them much. Like Ring-Billed Gulls, Laughing Gulls are quite tame, readily taking handouts from humans.
Common Wood Nymph
An abundant butterfly along the Pea Island boardwalk.
Northern Mockingbird
This is a common species throughout the southeast, but especially common in Outer Banks, I find. They must really like that coastal habitat.
Clouded Sulfur
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Triplist (lifers starred):
Acadian Flycatcher
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Barn Swallow
Black Skimmer
Black Vulture
Black-Necked Stilt
Blue Jay
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Boat-Tailed Grackle
Brown Pelican
Brown Thrasher
Brown-Headed Cowbird
*Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Common Loon
Common Raven
Dark-Eyed Junco
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
European Starling
Fish Crow
Forster's Tern
Gadwall
Gray Catbird
Great Black-Backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Greater Yellowlegs
Herring Gull
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Little Blue Heron
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Osprey
Pine Warbler
*Prairie Warbler
*Prothonotary Warbler
Purple Martin
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Eyed Vireo
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
*Reddish Egret
Ring-Billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Royal Tern
*Sandwich Tern
Scarlet Tanager
*Seaside Sparrow
Snowy Egret
Song Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Tricolored Heron
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White Ibis
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Eyed Vireo
Willet
Heard only:
Belted Kingfisher
Chestnut-Sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Ovenbird
Veery
Wood Thrush
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Total: 82 + 9
Lifers: 6
July 23rd, 2010
Common Loon
This was one of the biggest surprises of the week. I saw and photographed him from the dolphin-watching boat, but didn't realize what I had just photographed until I looked at the LCD. Loons are only expected at Outer Banks in winter and migration. This guy was supposed to be on some secluded mountain lake in Canada, not on the Roanoke Sound. I guess he (or she) was a nonbreeder who decided to linger on the wintering grounds.
Black Skimmer, wallpaper available
Laughing Gull, wallpaper available
THE Outer Banks gull. They share the beaches with smaller numbers of Herring Gulls and Great Black-Backed Gulls--but I can see both of those back home, so I don't focus my camera on them much. Like Ring-Billed Gulls, Laughing Gulls are quite tame, readily taking handouts from humans.
Common Wood Nymph
An abundant butterfly along the Pea Island boardwalk.
Northern Mockingbird
This is a common species throughout the southeast, but especially common in Outer Banks, I find. They must really like that coastal habitat.
Clouded Sulfur
Silver-Spotted Skipper
Triplist (lifers starred):
Acadian Flycatcher
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Barn Swallow
Black Skimmer
Black Vulture
Black-Necked Stilt
Blue Jay
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Boat-Tailed Grackle
Brown Pelican
Brown Thrasher
Brown-Headed Cowbird
*Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Common Loon
Common Raven
Dark-Eyed Junco
Double-Crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
European Starling
Fish Crow
Forster's Tern
Gadwall
Gray Catbird
Great Black-Backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Greater Yellowlegs
Herring Gull
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Little Blue Heron
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Osprey
Pine Warbler
*Prairie Warbler
*Prothonotary Warbler
Purple Martin
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Eyed Vireo
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird
*Reddish Egret
Ring-Billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Royal Tern
*Sandwich Tern
Scarlet Tanager
*Seaside Sparrow
Snowy Egret
Song Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Tricolored Heron
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White Ibis
White-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Eyed Vireo
Willet
Heard only:
Belted Kingfisher
Chestnut-Sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Ovenbird
Veery
Wood Thrush
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Total: 82 + 9
Lifers: 6
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