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Red Ants |
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Colony of native mound-building ants on a tree stump in a swamp. genus Formica |
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Tranters Creek Swamp |
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Dense canopy of cypress tress in a narrow deep water channel with light in the background. |
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Duck Creek |
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Headwaters of Duck Creek near Bath, NC. Blackbeard the Pirate was a resident of this area. |
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Tranters Creek - pond |
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This is the light open area seen in the background of the above photo. |
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American Bullfrog |
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Bullfrog on the bank of Town Creek near mouth at Tar River. Males have a yellow throat color whereas the female's is white. Rana catesbeiana |
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Capenter Bee |
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Capenter bee gathering pollen and nectar. The females often excavate tunnels in wood with their strong jaws. The males can not sting. Xylocopa virginica |
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High Cotton |
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Eastern NC coastal plains cotton field in early fall located on the old Panola Farm Plantation. |
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Cotton Field Sunset |
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Sunset over cotton fields. |
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Cotton Harvesting Ramp |
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Old cotton harvesting loading ramp. |
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DR350SE |
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Dirt bike with a Garmin GPS V (satellite navigation) parked on the river bank. |
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Tar River |
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A wide section of the Tar River. This river flows into the Pamlico Sound at Washington.
Most plantations and large farms had a boat landing during the 19th century. |
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Tar River Bank |
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Photo of Tar River bank with sandbars in the distance. Steamboats were important for river trade to ferry goods on this sometimes shallow river during the 1800's. |
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Eastern Ribbon Snake/Garter Snake |
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Semi-aquatic harmless ecological beneficial ribbon snake showing its arboreal skills. (Roanoke River Basin) Thamnophis sauritus |
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Brown Water Snake |
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Harmless water snake shedding its skin. Many are overkilled because they resemble the venomous cottonmouth. (water moccasin)
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Brown Water Snake |
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Totally harmless brown water snake basking on a limb across Town Creek. Nerodia taxispilota
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Butterflies |
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Two butterflies on the bank of Town Creek. Notice the deer tracks just to the right. |
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