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Merritt Island NWR, Canaveral National Seashore, & Ares 1-X 24 October 2009 page two of five |
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Sanderlings probing the wet sand for prey. These energetic birds run back and forth following the water as it constantly moves onto and off the beach. |
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ABOVE LEFT & RIGHT: Black-bellied Plover in non-breeding plumage. RIGHT: The Cape Canaveral area provides great opportunities to see pelagic birds like this juvenile Northern Gannett due to the way the land juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. |
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ABOVE LEFT & RIGHT: Ruddy Turnstone foraging for prey. LEFT: The view near a historical marker for the "William Bartram Trail - traced 1773-1777. WIlliam Bartram exploring here in the 1760's collected many new plants and discovered the tropical Zebra Butterfly: Heliconius charitonius." Go to page three of five > > > |
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