Saturday, May 25, 2013

Masonboro Inlet Bird Hike with Cape Fear Audubon Society

Here are some pictures from our hike this morning, May 25, 2013.

Common terns

Ghost crab (eats the nesting birds' eggs)

Laughing Gull


Sandwich tern

Comparison of Royal Tern (yellow/orange bill) and Sandwich Tern (Black bill w yellow tip)

While we were watching the birds were disturbed and left their nests in soaring formations


Oystercatcher with (look closely) an antenna attached to its back!

A comparison of Common Terns (back) and Least Terns (foreground)



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