Snow Geese


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Two male Hooded Mergansers, plus a female Hooded Merganser trailing at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Northern Diamondback Terrapin
I found three diamondbacks at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR yesterday; two were covered in sand and I imagine had just laid their eggs. This one was by far the most photogenic.

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Northern Diamondback Terrapin
I found three diamondbacks at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR yesterday; two were covered in sand and I imagine had just laid their eggs. This one was by far the most photogenic and so I figured a side-view would do her the most justice to show off the beautiful patterns on her shell.

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Laughing Gull


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View towards Atlantic City, NJ


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Ruddy Turnstone


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Horseshoe Crabs, spawning


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Common Tern

The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes known as the sea swallow
Two male Hooded Mergansers, plus a female Hooded Merganser trailing at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Two male Hooded Mergansers, plus a female Hooded Merganser trailing at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Two male Hooded Mergansers, plus a female Hooded Merganser trailing at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
See photo in original gallery.