NCTC Deputy Director Jim Willis, handles a Royal Tern while participating in a bird banding/survey event conducted on New Dump Island located in the Core Sound just off the town of Atlantic N.C.
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NCTC Deputy Director Jim Willis, handles a young brown pelican while participating in a bird banding/survey event conducted on New Dump Island - a manmade island located in Core Sound just off the town of Atlantic N.C.
The Sanderling is most commonly seen in flocks chasing receding waves on ocean beaches, and running away from them when they return. It breeds in the high Arctic and winters along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts from Canada to Argentina.