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Carolina Wren (14)

Thryothorus ludovicianus

hermanlawetz

United States (Florida)

Date taken: Mar 5 2009

Details: adult

The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is always a great place to visit. Most of the attention was to the watery swamp on one side of the boardwalk. Yet there was often activity behind us. This wren is a case in point.

Date uploaded: Dec 19 2009

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Ruddy Turnstone (38)

Arenaria interpres

hermanlawetz

United States

Date taken: Mar 1 2009

Details: adult

The beaches of Sanibel Island are a great feeding spot for shorebirds. Every high tide washes up live molusks by the millions. These birds were fattening up before heading to the arctic.
Fr.: Tournepierre à collier

Date uploaded: Dec 15 2009

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White-tailed Ptarmigan (2)

Lagopus leucura

Chris

United States (Colorado)

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

Details: nest

This is the nest site of a White-tailed Ptarmigan, found completely by chance when we stumbled upon an adult "clucking". There is a chick in the nest. Seen at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Date uploaded: Dec 14 2009

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White-tailed Ptarmigan (2)

Lagopus leucura

Chris

United States (Colorado)

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

Details: summer plummage

The White-tailed Ptarmigan was extremely hard to find. We were lucky to stumble across this one that was making noise because a nest was nearby - otherwise we never would have seen it.

Date uploaded: Dec 14 2009

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Double-crested Cormorant (70)

Phalacrocorax auritus

BobTour

United States

Date taken: Dec 1 2009

Details: captive

Photo taken at the Crane Poiint Nature Center Marathon Florida Keys.

The double-crested Cormorants are not completely waterproof. Their feathers absorb water in order to make then heavier so they could dive deeper up to 80 feet down.

Date uploaded: Dec 9 2009

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