A young screech owl surveys the world from its nest in a weathered wood duck box.
A big black bear swims from one shore to the next past us in a canoe.
Canebrake rattlesnake caught for a picture and released.
River otters on the prowl mean there are fish around.
This warbler had slammed into one of the porch windows and momentarily stunned himself. We were able to get a photograph of him before he recovered and flew away.
The word cormorant is derived through French from a Latin phrase meaning 'sea crow'. In Carteret County these birds are often referred to as "Core Sound lawyers."
It is truly wonderful to see so many young and adult brown pelicans in Carteret County.
"The acknowledged queen of all the Milkweeds is the gorgeous Orange Milkweed, often
called Butterfly weed because of its blossoms' attractiveness to insects of many
kinds... It is an interesting fact that many Orange Milkweeds have their
individual times for blooming."
[Wildflowers of North America, by Robert S. Lemmon
and Charles C. Johnson]