A juvenile Roseate Spoonbill takes a break from its lunchtime foraging in a marsh along southern NC’s Intracoastal Waterway.

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A Green Heron peruses the afternoon snack options in a coastal pond.

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Dreaming of the sound of waves lapping the shore, the cries of gulls and terns, and the sun’s golden warmth bathing my face on this bitterly cold #FootpathFriday.

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Brunch bunch. A trio of sanderlings forages in the sun-sparkled bubbles of a receding wave.

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