A few nice american photo images I found:
american-avocets_mg_8489
Image by mikebaird
American Avocets (bird) (Recurvirostra americana) were the highlight of the day and were seen in quantity (100s) during a kayak outing ( kayak.morro-bay.com ) in the Morro Bay, CA Morro Bay Estuary, Sunday Oct. 28 2007 28oct2007 Photo by Mike Baird, Canon 20D with 100-400mm IS lens handheld - bairdphotos.com flickr.bairdphotos.com photomorrobay.com surfmorrobay.com morro-bay.com
american-coot_K8P0377
Image by mikebaird
This American Coot (Fulica americana) is a bird of wetlands and open water of the family Rallidae, as seen in the Cloisters City Park pond, Morro Bay, CA photo by Mike Baird bairdphotos.com Canon EOS-1D Mark III with 100-400 mm IS lens on tripod 20sept2007 - taken at the relatively high ISO setting of 1000
See Joyce Cory's Jumpcut at www.jumpcut.com/docentjoyce to www.jumpcut.com/view/?id=1720A0D0672B11DCB0ED000423CF3686 to see a cute slideshow involving this bird "American Coot (Fulica americana) development is observed, from 3 days after hatching through the 15 week."
American ipecac
Image by cotinis
American ipecac, also called Carolina Ipecac, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae. This is a very low plant, and was easy to miss. At the annual burn site in the Sandhills Gamelands, near Hoffman.
See USDA Plants, and Josh Rose's photo from a previous DNHS trip.
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