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By: J4yDubs 7/17/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 7/17/2020 10:38 PM
Yes, Hatteras was getting too crowded. Eleuthera is not like Nassau, but is ideal for Hatteras type of people. Lots of beautiful beaches and crystal clear water. My favorites are French Leave and Surfers Beach. YES, you will have to show your papers to visit. lowtide I'll add it to my list. Have a great time! John

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RE: Nature
By: OBXRUS 7/22/2020	Posted By: OBXRUS - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/21/2008 Location: Chicago 'burbs Total Posts: 583 Experience: Date Posted: 7/22/2020 9:56 AM
Yellow crowned night heron? We have them in Hatteras but this one had coffee with me this morning in Eleuthera. lowtide Nice picture! Had to lookup Eleuthera. Are you on vacation there? John J4yDubs Yes, Hatteras was getting too crowded, as it does every July. Eleuthera is not like Nassau, but is ideal for Hatteras type of people. Lots of beautiful beaches and crystal clear water. My favorites are French Leave and Surfers Beach. YES, you will have to show your papers to visit. lowtide Looks like you managed to fit into the narrow window between opening and now closing down the Bahamas. We have a trip planned to Exuma in February and I'm starting to wonder if that will happen. Hope you make (made) it back home safely!

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 9/3/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 9/3/2020 3:44 PM
Took the day off and paddled around Lake Galena in one of my Kayaks. It's been well over a year since I've been out paddling. Saw plenty of wildlife including Blue Herons (lots of them), painted turtles, cormorants, and a pair of bald eagles. I couldn't get close enough to the eagles to get any good pictures. Just a couple of blurry BIF's and a couple from in a tree about 1/4 mile away.

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 9/3/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 9/3/2020 3:47 PM
Turtles

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 9/3/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 9/3/2020 3:49 PM
Blue heron

RE: Nature
By: Mstaszew 9/3/2020	Posted By: Mstaszew - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/17/2014 Location: Triangle Area, NC Total Posts: 1797 Experience: Date Posted: 9/3/2020 10:22 PM
Our nightly visitor. I see these guys almost every night starting in late August through September. We’re pretty much on the same page... it stays over there and my dog and I stay over here. Sometimes there’s a boundary dispute and my dog and I wait it out until our buddy moves on.

RE: Nature
By: Rick 9/26/2020	Posted By: Rick - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/8/2004 Location: Amissville Va. Total Posts: 3075 Experience: Date Posted: 9/26/2020 8:32 PM
Wife got this in mid gulp

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By: Bogart 9/30/2020	Posted By: Bogart - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/30/2020 Location: Total Posts: 1 Experience: Date Posted: 9/30/2020 2:28 PM
Hi! Just found this forum. I have been looking at properties on the North end of the islands. I gotta get back soon! -Brent

RE: Nature
By: chief5130 10/18/2020	Posted By: chief5130 - (Send PM) Member Since: 10/8/2013 Location: Chesapeake, VA / Corolla Total Posts: 2183 Experience: Date Posted: 10/18/2020 5:40 PM
Visitor yesterday evening to our backyard.

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 10/19/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 10/19/2020 4:14 PM
Great pictures Mstaszew, Rick, Bogart, and chief5130!

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 10/20/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 10/20/2020 2:50 PM
1 snake, 2 snake, 3 snake, 4...

RE: Nature
By: hatteraswanderers 10/20/2020	Posted By: hatteraswanderers - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/10/2018 Location: Upper Burrell, PA Total Posts: 45 Experience: Date Posted: 10/20/2020 5:57 PM
Visitors in May.

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 11/19/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 11/19/2020 4:24 PM
Not a great picture (through a sliding glass door about 200 feet away), but it's something I've never seen before. A blue heron stalking and snagging a field mouse (I think, might be a vole).

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By: J4yDubs 11/19/2020	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 11/19/2020 4:34 PM
This year, instead of just draping a net over the pond, I built a frame out of pvc and tied the netting to it. Seems to be working so far.

RE: Nature
By: chief5130 2/23/2021	Posted By: chief5130 - (Send PM) Member Since: 10/8/2013 Location: Chesapeake, VA / Corolla Total Posts: 2183 Experience: Date Posted: 2/23/2021 12:38 PM
Diversity;

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 3/12/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 3/12/2021 6:37 PM
My wife took this one yesterday.

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By: J4yDubs 3/12/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 3/12/2021 6:39 PM
My son took this one.

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By: J4yDubs 3/27/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 3/27/2021 2:20 PM
More snakes. Counted 5 this time.

RE: Nature
By: SBlanton 5/30/2021	Posted By: SBlanton - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/19/2015 Location: Total Posts: 42 Experience: Date Posted: 5/30/2021 4:39 PM
A new arrival in our neighborhood.

RE: Nature
By: Rick 8/5/2021	Posted By: Rick - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/8/2004 Location: Amissville Va. Total Posts: 3075 Experience: Date Posted: 8/5/2021 9:33 PM
No wonder my garden isn't doing well. The Piebald Deer been around for 3 years or more, she had 2 baby's this year.

RE: Nature
By: Rick 8/14/2021	Posted By: Rick - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/8/2004 Location: Amissville Va. Total Posts: 3075 Experience: Date Posted: 8/14/2021 10:17 PM
Looks like we got another piebald in the herd

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By: J4yDubs 9/15/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 9/15/2021 12:10 PM
Pelican

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 9/15/2021	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 9/15/2021 12:12 PM
Love the deer shots!

RE: Nature
By: J4yDubs 5/20/2023	Posted By: J4yDubs - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/24/2015 Location: Total Posts: 4737 Experience: Date Posted: 5/20/2023 11:24 AM
Bumping an old thread. Box turtle in the back yard this morning. Haven't seen one in a while.

RE: Nature
By: nhall 6/1/2023	Posted By: nhall - (Send PM) Member Since: 12/26/2020 Location: Martinsville, VA Total Posts: 4 Experience: Date Posted: 6/1/2023 9:47 PM
I always loved this thread! It's been so long I'm not even sure I remember how to post a photo.....here goes!

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