After returning from Mississippi I spent most of the rest of the year working as usual in Gulf Shores.
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Lesser black back gull, an uncommon visitor from Europe |
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Brown pelican diving for a meal |
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Another rare sight in Alabama; this glaucous gull is usually seen much further north in New England and Canada |
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Least tern coming in to check on two chicks |
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Least tern sheltering her chick from the sun |
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Two waterspouts forming behind a weather monitoring tower |