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Tricolored
Heron, White Ibis and Snowy Egret in the
sound-side marsh near Bodie Island Lighthouse, Outer Banks, November
2005 |
NCBirds.com is
a collection of original photos by Fred Hurteau. Presently the identification
collection and gallery contain well over 900 photos covering 75 species.
All species represented here are frequent or common to North Carolina.
This began as a hobby interest, but it has continually grown more serious.
Some
of the
best photos are available
in the gallery for
licensing as stock
photos.
Nature Photographer
Fred Hurteau |
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The photos presented by the three categories "Songbirds & Garden
Birds", "Game Birds & Shorebirds" and "Field & Forest Wildfowl" are meant to
help amateur bird enthusiasts identify the birds they see at home. The informal
information is meant to help promote interest in learning about birds. It should
not be considered as authoritative or scientific, nor is it an all-inclusive
collection.
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| Great
Egret, Bodie Island, Outer Banks, November, 2005 |
All photos are copyrighted. The viewable images on
this site are cropped, sized, and shown in low resolution version for web
use. These
versions may be used for bona fide educational purposes without fee. Higher
resolution digital files from the gallery are available for licensing.
Please see the Copyright
Notice and Usage Policy for details in either case.
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| Red-bellied
Woodpecker female feeding fledgling in May |
Most of the "Songbirds & Garden Birds" were photographed
at home, right outside the window. You might read this early "how-to
article" describing the first photo/feeder setup created for this purpose
30 years ago. My photo/feeders have gotten more "sophisticated" since
this original article, but you would still easily recognize the setup I currently
use at home for what it is. The greatest change is updating to digital SLR
photography, but the basic photographic information is still valid today. If
you'd like to take bird photos for a hobby, it might help get you started.
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| Purple
Finch male in April |
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| Ring-billed
Gull, Pamlico Sound, February, 2005 |
Most
of the "wildfowl, waterfowl, gamebirds and shorebirds" were photographed
around ponds, lakes and along the Outer
Banks of North Carolina. Some of these photos can also be found on another
newer "sister site" to this one, OuterBanksGuidebook.com,
along with a great variety of scenic and nature photography.
Please note that I am NOT an authority on birds. I'm
presently using the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North
America, 4th Ed., and the National Audubon Society's The Sibley Guide
to Birds as my identification resources. But if you find any images you
feel are misidentified, I would appreciate hearing about it by e-mail. |
