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By redheads

WALK2225 redhead ducks flight 2014

Redhead ducks in flight over Lake Mattamuskeet – wonder how they got their name…

By bronzed

WALK2199 imm eagle 2014

The dawn golden hour is especially alluring to me at the Mattamuskeet Refuge and brings vibrancy to this immature bald eagle.

By gilded

WALK2196 swan dawn flight 2014

directly over my head the tundra swan flew, gilded in the dawn light

By swoop

WALK2267 bufflehead female flight2014

Here is one Nike swoop that can really soar – and no special sneakers involved for this female bufflehead duck.

By winter visitors

WALK2408 tundra swan pair 2014

If for no other reason, one goes to Mattamuskeet Refuge in the late fall through winter to see the tundra swans.

These birds have flown from the far north tundra to over winter here in North Carolina.

By still awake

WALK2273 black-crowned night-heron 2014

I photographed this bird at 07:28 AM – late for a black-crowned night-heron to still be awake as they hunt from twilight through the night.