Eastern Seaboard

Great Egret, breeding plumage ~ Ardea alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
“On foot its movements are as graceful as those of the Louisiana Heron, its steps measured, its long neck gracefully retracted and curved, and its silk train reminded one of the flowing robes of the noble ladies of Europe. The train of this Egret ... makes its appearance a few weeks previous to the love season, continues to grow and increase in beauty, until incubation has commenced.” ~ John James Audubon
Great Egret breeding plumage Ardea alba Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Atlantic Ocean Bogue Banks Bogue Sound Emerald Isle Crystal Coast bird wings white
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Great Egret ~ Ardea alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Gibran
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sanderlings snoozing ~ Calidris alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Poetry: the power to persuade that vulnerable part of our consciousness of its rightness in spite of wrongness all around." ~ Seamus Heaney
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Tricolored Heron (formerly, Louisiana Heron) ~ Egretta tricolor ~ Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge, Outer Banks
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within us out into the world, miracles happen." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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sand and foam ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot-prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam.
But the sea and the shore will remain
Forever.

Once I filled my hand with mist.
Then I opened it and lo, the mist was a worm.
And I closed and opened my hand again, and behold there was a bird.
And again I closed and opened my hand, and in its hollow stood a man with a sad face, turned upward.
And again I closed my hand, and when I opened it there was naught but mist.
But I heard a song of exceeding sweetness." ~ Kahlil Gibran
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Bonaparte's Gull (adult in winter plumage) ~ Chroicocephalus philadelphia ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion." ~ Martha Graham
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elegant Great Egret ~ Ardea alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you." ~ Walt Whitman
elegant Great Egret Ardea alba Outer Banks
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flying White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell." ~ Walt Whitman
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Double-crested Cormorant ~ Phalacrocorax auritus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim." ~ Tyler Knott Gregson
It's not what you look at that matters it's what you see. Henry David Thoreau
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seaside ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Do not grow old no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born." ~ Albert Einstein
seaside Southern Outer Banks shore sea grass Emerald Isle North Carolina Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean island sea ocean sky clouds light
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the sea, with sunlight ~ Southern Outer Banks
"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." ~ John Steinbeck
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Brown Pelican ~ Pelecanus occidentalis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Live in the sunshine. Swim the sea. Drink the wild air." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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evening by the sea ~ Southern Outer Banks
"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it's always our self we find in the sea." ~ e. e. cummings
2015
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sand pebbles ~ Southern Outer Banks
"It's amazing to think that these pebbles have been erosed and smoothed out over the millennia by ocean waves. I think I'll taken them and use them to make a path to my garden." ~ William L. Bergenstein
2015
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fishing from the jetty ~ a year later ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand but touches your heart." ~ Anonymous
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on the beach ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments." ~ Friedrick Neitzsche
2015
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long, tall grass ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious." ~ Brendan Gill
grass tall grass Southern Outer Banks
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sand fence ~ beach preservation and dune restoration ~ Southern Outer Banks
"It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine." ~ Eeyore
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tall grass ~ Huron River Watershed
"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." ~ Winston Churchill
tall grass Huron River Watershed challenge
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seashell by the seashore II
"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." ~ Anais Nin
shell Nikon D7100 North Carolina seashore golden Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Pine Knoll Shores Atlantic Ocean tribute
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Willet over the Atlantic ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Southern Outer Banks
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance." ~ Aristotle
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 bird North Carolina SOBX Southern Outer Banks island Atlantic Ocean Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks Crystal Coast shorebird birdinflight Willet Tringa semipalmata Continental United States inflight
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down." ~ Ray Bradbury
White Ibis North Carolina island Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Nikon D7100 Eastern North Carolina AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Eudocimus albus Fort Macon State Park SOBX wader Bec croche L'Ibis blanc Petit flaman Corocoro blanco Coco blanco Ibis blanco Coclito blanco Bogue Banks longlegged wader barrier island bird
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words." ~ Ansel Adams
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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet ~ Regulus calendula ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Wash the gum from our eyes and dress ourselves for the dazzle of light." ~ Walt Whitman
bird SOBX North Carolina Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks island Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II rubycrowned kinglet kinglet Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium wetlands Regulus calendula Continental United States perching bird barrier island
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet ~ Regulus calendula ~ Southern Outer Banks
"'Pan, who and what art thou?' he cried huskily. 'I'm youth, I'm joy,' Peter answered at a venture, 'I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.'" ~ J.M. Barrie
Rubycrowned Kinglet bird Regulus calendula forager Southern Outer Banks constant flicking of wings Bogue Banks sea isle Atlantic Ocean seaside sea seashore sea coast passerine kinglet olivegreen plumage twowhite wing bars white eye ring male has ruby crown animal
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Time and Tide ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Time and tide wait for no man." ~ Geoffrey Chaucer
sea glass weathered glass beach sandy beach glass Southern Outer Banks frosted glass sand coast coastline coastal Carolinas Eastern North Carolina North Carolina Eastern Seaboard Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard take 20100 years to form drift glass drift process originally shard of broken glass rolled and tumbled in ocean shipwreck genuine sea glass wave rigored oceanic saline green shoreline seaside seashore sea sea coast sea isle shore Bogue Banks gift from the sea macro time and tide
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Bonaparte's Gull ~ Chroicocephalus philadelphia ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun up in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel."
~ Nina Simone
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Eastern North Carolina bird water sea ocean Atlantic Ocean gull nonbreeding thin black bill adults are dark hooded waves in flight bird in flight Atlantic Seaboard breeds in isolated taiga boreal forests fauna nature
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Yellow-rumped Warbler ~ Setophaga coronata ~ Southern Outer Banks, North Carolina
"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright." ~ Henry David Thoreau
Yellowrumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Southern Outer Banks North Carolina onthewing fauna nature Eastern Seaboard yellow versatile forager warbler bird tree
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Natural Texture Etchings by the Sea ~ Southern Outer Banks
“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” ~ Rachel Carson
etchings sand sea tide seaside beach Atlantic Ocean Eastern Seaboard barrier island ocean Bogue Banks Crystal Coast art tidewater art wave art coast coastline ripple marks tidal watercourse gifts from the sea tide marks low tide wet sand natural texture etchings by the sea sand ripples low tide sand texture patterns grains of sand
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misty island evening ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man." - Edward Steichen
SOBX Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean golden hour North Carolina Coast island waterscape beach evening misty Southern Outer Banks color sunset light waves water composition seascape Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States barrier island cover
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Cedar Waxwing ~ Bombycilla cedrorum ~ Southern Outer Banks
A ogni uccello il suo nido è bello." ~ Unknown
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum North Carolina Fort Macon Atlantic Ocean Bogue Banks Crystal Coast bird Nikon D7100 Southern Outer Banks AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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Brown Pelican ~ Pelecanus occidentalis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"It's a new canvas and I am painting wide and free, remembering what I was then, am now, and ought to be." ~ Alice Boley
bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean birdinflight Brown Pelican Pelicans occidentals
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the jetty ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." ~ Andy Warhol
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Ring-billed Gull, Juvenile (1st two years) ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I call to a seagull
Who dives to the waters
And catches his silver-fine
Dinner alone
Crying where are the footprints
That danced on these beaches
And the hands that cast wishes
That sunk like a stone
My dreams with the seagulls fly
Out of reach out of cry" ~
Joni Mitchell
Larus delawarensis ringbilled gull juvenile bird birdinflight seaside seashore sea coast sea isle seascape seabird seaboard Southern Outer Banks Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Seaboard wings acrobat coastal plain coast coastline coastal carolinas North Carolina Eastern Seaboad Eastern North Carolina builtin compass black band on beak graceful flyer can race at more than 40 mph varied vocal repertoire dunes dune grasses sky animal
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playtime
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything." ~ Irish Proverb
Oriental Shorthair kitten playful Continental United States
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golden hour weather over the Atlantic ~ Southern Outer Banks
“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.” ~ Dorothea Lange
Atlantic Ocean Pine Knoll Shores barrier island ocean golden hour weather Crystal Coast Bogue Banks SOBX Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Nikon D7100 beach waterscape waves AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II seascape cover
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misty morning walk ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." ~ John Burroughs
misty morning walking Southern Outer Banks SOBX Crystal Coast Bogue Banks Pine Knoll Shores Atlantic Ocean shoreline shore coast blue waves seafood North Carolina barrier island Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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Brown Pelicans ~ Pelecanus occidentals ~ Southern Outer Banks
"I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican birdsinflight bird water ocean Atlantic SOBX Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Crystal Coast Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean coast coastal waters ducklike bird pelican Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II island Continental United States barrier island inflight
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Brown Pelican ~ Pelecanus occidentals ~ Southern Outer Banks
"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." ~ Charles Dickens
Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican birdsinflight bird water ocean Atlantic SOBX Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Crystal Coast Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean coast coastal waters ducklike bird pelican Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II island Continental United States barrier island inflight challenge
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Brown Pelicans at Dusk ~ Pelecanus occidentalis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other." ~ Charles Dickens
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Sanderlings ~ Calidris alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else." ~ Jodi Picoult
calidris alba sanderling beach evening sand bird shorebird sandpiper sandy.beach water peeps wavewashed beach wavechasers surf Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Bogue Banks Crystal Coast Atlantic Ocean seacoast ocean sea island nature outdoors feast birthday
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Sanderling ~ Calidris alba ~ Southern Outer Banks
"When we show respect for other living things, they show respect for us." ~ Arapaho proverb
sanderling Calidris alba shorebird bird Southern Outer Banks Crystal Coast Emerald Isle island Atlantic Ocean sandpiper wavechasers beach sand sandy beach peep forager probing migrant nature outdoors seacoast seaside ocean birthday
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gifts from the sea ~ Southern Outer Banks
“Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach ~ waiting for a gift from the sea.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
detritus beach sand seaweed Southern Outer Banks North Carolina Emerald Isle Bogue Banks island Atlantic Ocean sea seaside seashore sandy shore ocean gifts birthday
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Willet ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." ~ Helen Keller
willet Tringa semipalmata Southern Outer Banks North Carolina piercing calls distinctive wing markings shorebird beach coastline bird striking white and black stripes on wing in flight runner barrier island water's edge chunky shape subdued plumage Eastern Seaboard Atlantic Ocean Crystal Coast seaside nature birthday
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Willet ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Emerald Isle
"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
~ Mary Oliver
shorebird distinctive wing markings piercing calls Tringa semipalmata willet Emerald Isle Atlantic Ocean beach Southern Outer Banks North Carolina barrier island sea ocean shore bird sand water
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Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A place to rest, maybe linger awhile
With those who've been, and those who'll be,
With nature and me." ~ Jo Reuss
Ringbilled gull North Carolina Pine Knoll Shores Crystal Coast island Bogue Banks Atlantic Ocean Larus delawarensis bird birdinflight gull gulllike bird Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States golden hour inflight cover
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ring-billed gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Make your own magic -- life's too short not to fill it with everything that makes you smile." ~ Unknown
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 bird ringbilled gull Larus delawarensis Atlantic Ocean Crystal Coast Pine Knoll Shores Bogue Banks North Carolina birdinflight
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Eastern Seaboard