Road Trip to North Carolina May 31-June 7, 2009 Photo Gallery by Carol Horner at pbase.com

Road Trip to North Carolina May 31-June 7, 2009

John, Kevin and I drove from Toronto to Cape Hatteras, NC, birding through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. We concentrated our efforts in Virginia and North Carolina, in search of target species such as Black Rail, Seaside Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, and Swainson's Warbler, and included 2 days of pelagic birding with Seabirding Pelagic tours by Brian Patteson.

1748 John and Kevin at Jericho Ditch, The Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia	1690 Palamedes Swallowtail.jpg	1691 Bar-winged Skimmer male	1706 probable Clouded Skipper male
1725 Zebra Swallowtail summer form	1734 Zebra Swallowtail summer form	1745 Scarab Beetle Canthon sp.jpg	1756 Magnolia.jpg
1767 Horned Passalus Beetle.jpg	1774 Great Blue Skimmer female	1775 White-tailed Deer	1784 Great Blue Skimmer female.jpg
1790 Great Blue Skimmer male	1792 Great Blue Skimmer male	1796 Black Vulture portrait.jpg	1797 Black Vulture.jpg
1806 Creole Pearly Eye.jpg	1807 Eastern Comma.jpg	1811 Northern Black Racer.jpg	1803 Prothonotary Warbler.jpg
1825 Prothonotary Warbler.jpg	1826 probable Great Blue Skimmer juv female	1833 Needham's Skimmer female.jpg	1841 Iris.jpg
1843 Iris.jpg	1846 John and Kevin at Alligator River NWR.jpg	1847 John and Kevin at Alligator NWR.jpg	1848 Alligator River NWR.jpg
1855 Eastern Mud Turtle	1857 Eastern Mud Turtle	1860 probable Slaty Skimmer juv male	1863 probable Slaty Skimmer juv male
1872 Halloween Pennant.jpg	1877 Halloween Pennant.jpg	1880 Skimmer sp.jpg	1888 Blue Dasher male.jpg
1898 Yellowbelly Slider sign.jpg	1891 Yellowbelly Slider	1894 Yellowbelly Slider.jpg	1899 Jet id sign.jpg
2010 Bodie Island sign.jpg	2012 Bodie Island Lighthouse.jpg	2014 Bodie Island Lighthouse.jpg	1917 A little cottage by the sea
1908 White Ibis.jpg	1924 White Ibis.jpg	2007 White Ibis.jpg	1935 Osprey with fish.jpg
1981 Snowy Egret.jpg	1993 Snowy Egret.jpg	1995 Snowy Egret.jpg	2017 Fish Crow.jpg
2023 Laughing Gull.jpg	2024 Brown Pelican.jpg	2026 Brown Pelican.jpg	2029 Brown Pelican.jpg
2039 Herring Gull.jpg	2041 Herring Gull.jpg	2044 Brown Pelican.jpg	2047 Willet.jpg
2056 Willet.jpg	2059 Sanderling.jpg	2068 Willet.jpg	2070 Willet.jpg
2073 Sanderling.jpg	2080 Sandwich Tern.jpg	2084 Sandwich Tern.jpg	2087 Sandwich Tern.jpg
2090 Sanderling.jpg	2094 Black-bellied Plover.jpg	2098 Common Tern.jpg	2100 Common Tern.jpg
2101 Common Tern.jpg	2111 Laughing Gull.jpg	2122 Pilot Whale.jpg	2126 Red-billed Tropicbird immature.jpg
2142 Black-capped Petrel.jpg	2148 Black-capped Petrel.jpg	2200 White-tailed Tropicbird.jpg	2214 White-tailed Tropicbird.jpg
2224 White-tailed Tropicbird.jpg	2251 Cory's Shearwater.jpg	2256 Cory's Shearwater.jpg	2265 Pomerine Jaeger adult.jpg
2272 Pomarine Jaeger adult.jpg	2295 Northern Gannet.jpg	2316 Northern Gannnet 3rd yr.jpg	John and Carol on Stormy Petrel II
John, Carol and Kevin on Stormy Petrel II	2323 Wilson's Storm-Petrel.jpg	2359 Wilson's Storm-Petrels pattering.jpg	2367 Wilson's Storm-Petrels.jpg
2390 Audubon's Shearwater.jpg	2393 Audubon's Shearwater.jpg	2399 Kevin.jpg	2401 John.jpg
2405 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.jpg	2406 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.jpg	2437 Black Skimmer.jpg	2447 Royal Tern.jpg
2425 American Oystercatcher banded .jpg	2433 American Oystercatcher banded.jpg	2457 Eastern Cottontail Rabbit.jpg	2463 American Oystercatcher.jpg
2464. American Oystercatcherjpg	2466 American Oystercatcher.jpg	2467 American Oystercatcher.jpg	2478 Least Tern.jpg
2487 Assateague Lighthouse.jpg	2492 Sign at Chincoteague Beach.jpg	2493 Sign at Chincoteague Beach.jpg	2501 John and Kevin at the Assateague Light.jpg
2503 Assateague Lighthouse.jpg	2504 Assateague Lighthouse sign.jpg	2505 Assateague Lighthouse.jpg	2508 Forster's Tern
2511 Forster's Tern.jpg	2513 Forster's Tern.jpg	2514 Forster's Tern	2516 Forster's Tern.jpg
2518 Forster's Tern	2541 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron trying to eat Northern Diamondback Terrapin	2543 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron trying to eat Northern Diamondback Terrapin	2547 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron trying to eat Northern Diamondback Terrapin
2554 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron trying to eat Northern Diamondback Terrapin	2557 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron trying to eat Northern Diamondback Terrapin	2560 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron trying to eat Northern Diamondback Terrapin	2564 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.jpg
2567 Lightning the Chincoteague Pony.jpg	2637 Saxis sign.jpg	Saxis Wildlife Area.jpg	2581 Sedge sp.jpg
2584 Seaside Sparrow in habitat.jpg	2597 Seaside Dragonlet.jpg	2599 Snails.jpg	2606 Seaside Sparrows.jpg
2619 Seaside Sparrow.jpg	2624 Seaside Sparrow.jpg	2630 Seaside Sparrow.jpg	2643 Kevin and John at Saxis marsh.jpg
2644 Carol Kevin John at Saxis.jpg	2645 Carol Kevin John at Saxis.jpg	2662 Clapper Rail.jpg	2663 Clapper Rail.jpg
2666 Clapper Rail.jpg	2671 Red Fox.jpg	2685 Great Egret.jpg	2686 Great Egret portrait.jpg
2693 Eastern Kingbird.jpg	2702 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg	2703 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg	2711 Eastern Newt aquatic female.jpg
2717 Red Eft phase of Eastern Newt.jpg

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Cheryl Guillet		21-Jul-2009 02:06
It's like a travelogue showing us what we wanted to see and what we missed because we never knew about them. This from a non birder but nature lover. This not necessarily in conflict . Cheryl

Bob Moul		24-Jun-2009 00:26
Thanks for sharing your pix and bringing back some nice memories, Carol. Enjoyed all of them. Loved the Gannets. :)

Geoff Carpentier		23-Jun-2009 21:40
wonderful pics .. let me see your report and list when ready pls. G

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