Birds from earlier this winter

Belted Kingfisher
Cooper's Hawk
Great Egret

Sanderling in grass, Brown Pelican, and Yellowlegs stretching out

March 2 kayak trip

Oystercatcher with bands on each leg Pair of Dunlin in winter plummage--there were many more


pair of yellowlegs windy and at near low tide--there were lots of "peeps" or shorebirds unidentified--pelicans, cormorant, snowy egret, kildeer, gulls of course, oystercatchers, sandpipers, several tricolored heron, ibis and a solitary hen merganser

Rachel Carson Estuarine Preserve info

http://www.ncnerr.org/pubsiteinfo/siteinfo/rachelcarson/rachel_carson.htm

Rachel Carson Estuarine Preserve is located in Beaufort, North Carolina, US.