also found some birding pics when i first started birding! (i stopped taking pics when i realized i wasn't actually taking anything in lol)

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"Greater Yellowlegs" Tringa melanoleuca

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Looking Up for Wood Ducks

A spring morning search for Wood Ducks in Princeton’s Institute Woods turns into a lesson about looking up—and knowing your lens limits.

https://islandinthenet.com/wood-duck/

Alone on the Flats

A distant Black-bellied Plover stood alone on a shimmering mudflat, its quiet presence captured in a soft, spacious frame.

https://islandinthenet.com/black-bellied-plove/

Solo Northern Gannet Flight Over the Inlet

single Northern Gannet glided silently over the inlet, just before the Osprey boat turned back.

https://islandinthenet.com/northern-gannet/

American Oystercatcher

Two American Oystercatchers stood motionless on the jetty at Cape May Inlet—each on one leg, silent and still.

https://islandinthenet.com/american-oystercatcher/

Marsh Gulls

Three gulls, three very different personalities.

https://islandinthenet.com/marsh-gulls/