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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WadersOuttaWater — any Wader that is out of water.

Willet (Eastern), North Carolina 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Shorebirds #BarrierIslands #NorthCarolina
May 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM
albatrossity.bsky.social
Today’s Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mouthful, any bird with a mouthful of food.

Clapper Rail, North Carolina 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Rails #BarrierIslands #NorthCarolina
dark long legged long-billed bird striding across a pool of water with a small crab in its beak
May 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
albatrossity.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast — light birds against dark backgrounds or vice versa.

Sanderling, North Carolina 2007

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Shorebird #Beach #BarrierIslands #NorthCarolina
Small pale bird with dark legs and bill, on a dark beach at sunset
September 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
albatrossity.bsky.social
Today’s Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Gulls — any Gull will do.

Great Black-backed Gull, North Carolina 2021

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Juvenile #Laridae #NorthCarolina #BarrierIslands
Speckled gray-and-white bird with black bill, flying over a white background
June 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
albatrossity.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CHE Cormorants, Herons and Egrets

Tricolored Heron, Georgia 2020

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Herons #BarrierIslands
long-legged, long-necked, long-billed bird with gray back and head, white body, and yellow gape, yawning near a salt marsh channel
July 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
patrlynch1.bsky.social
Barrier island cross-section and vegetation patterns, from my book A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ

#sciart 🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #obx #barrierislands
Illustration of vegetation patterns on a typical Atlantic Coast barrier island.
April 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
tismark.bsky.social
Thanks to someone on the Georgia coast for picking a print of this panorama view of the marshes between Savannah and Tybee Island. 💙💙

Prints here: pixels.markonart.com...

#Georgia #Photography #Landscapes #Coastal #SaltMarsh #TybeeIsland #BarrierIslands #Art #ArtForSale #BlueSkyArt #ShopSmall
Photograph - landscape in Panorama format - marsh grasses disappearing on the horizon. In the foreground deep green grasses but further way a deep golden color due to the amount of salt water present. The skies are filled with clouds that are starting to burn off in the bright morning light.
August 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
thorchrs.bsky.social
👇🇺🇸 "Florida’s barrier islands reeling from double whammy as Hurricane Milton follows Helene"
#HurricaneHelene #HurricaneMilton #BarrierIslands
#Florida
Florida’s barrier islands reeling from double whammy as Hurricane Milton follows Helene
Despite grave losses, many residents say they would rather rebuild than leave their picturesque home.
www.nbcnews.com
October 12, 2024 at 1:38 PM
travelxchange.bsky.social
This Exclusive Florida Barrier Island is the Seashell Capital of the World🐚

#travel #florida #fortmyers #barrierislands

https://rtwin30days.com/this-florida-island-is-the-seashell-capital/
This Exclusive Florida Barrier Island is the Seashell Capital of the World🐚
Located on the sparkling Gulf, discover the peaceful Florida barrier islands where the beach glitters with shells and sunsets steal the show.
rtwin30days.com
May 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
thirdactflorida.bsky.social
Interesting article about building on barrier islands. The climate effects of more powerful hurricanes, like Ian, and the rising seas are impacting lives, homes and costs.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
#barrierislands #risingseas #insurancecosts #climateimpacts
Florida keeps packing people and buildings on barrier islands. It comes at a high cost
Florida barrier islands host 765,000+ residents as development raises hurricane, erosion and insurance risks while taxpayers fund repeated beach restorations.
www.miamiherald.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
taylorcollins.bsky.social
This is a larger painting that has been sold that I need to finish of the same boat. Wallops Island is in the background. #artistatwork #islandsintheocean #barrierislands #woodenboats #bskyart The current administration wants to shut the #NASA facility down and launch no more rockets there. Sad…
August 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
kfyrtv.com
To help protect nesting pelicans, Louisiana reconstructed some barrier islands. Now they’re attracting some more colorful feathered friends. InvestigateTV+ reveals Louisiana’s flamingos today at 3:30 p.m. Central on Your News Leader. #Streaming #Pelicans #Birds #BarrierIslands #Louisiana #Flamingos
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September 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
dustcircle.bsky.social
4 Beautiful #US. #BarrierIslands You Don’t Need a Boat to #Visit

www.mentalfloss.com/geography/wa...
4 Beautiful U.S. Barrier Islands You Don’t Need a Boat to Visit
Island vibes without the ferry ride. These stunning barrier islands, from Florida to Maryland, are easy to reach by car.
www.mentalfloss.com
August 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
speakforthetrees.com
Eight dragonfly and damselfly species turned up around the Corolla freshwater ponds in two days this week — 7 species recorded on July 22nd, with a threatened Bar-winged Skimmer added at Lost Lake Lane on July 23rd — a compressed burs…

#BarwingedSkimmer #CoastalOdonates #BarrierIslands #Dragonflies
Virginian Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes — Speak for the Trees
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July 28, 2026 at 1:58 AM
meowshell.bsky.social
Kelly flew around a little more on Sunday afternoon, and sent me more photos. icepatrol.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/a... #IcePatrol #LakeOfTheWoods #Kenora #SouixLookout #DevilsGap #DevilsElbow #BarrierIslands #Shammis #AndrewBay #BigNarrows #ShoalLake #FalconIsland #BigTraverse #Warroad #Canada #USA
April 14, 2025: Aerial Photos
Kelly Belair sent in our first aerial photos of the year. He has a place down near Devil’s Elbow, so the first shot is from around there, looking south. You can click on these photos to see t…
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April 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
sockynoob.bsky.social
I asked about the role of fire in southeastern US barrier islands and I got an interesting response. I was expecting some sort of mechanism to keep them open other than fire, just wasn't sure what it was. #Southeast #US #CoastalPlains #BarrierIslands #Fire #Hurricanes #Biodiversity
Historically speaking, did the Gulf and Atlantic barrier islands have fire at all like the mainland southeast? I'm curious because they do seem to have similar plants that are fire-dependent. Did hurricanes take care of it instead? They did and still do, probably not any less often than they did presettlement, at least on the ones that have not been developed. There are lots of heliophytic plants out there but not any that come to mind that I would call "fire-dependent." Deep sterile sandy soils, saline overwash, hurricanes, etc. all help keep them open. Fires happen occasionally but in many of the upland habitats fuels are too patchy for them to travel far under normal lightning season conditions.
March 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
dhnlov.bsky.social
islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-...

#NorthCarolina
#BarrierIslands
#Erosion
CRC Science Panel points to trade-offs as North Carolina revisits hardened structure ban | Island Free Press
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) received a highly anticipated report Thursday from its Science Panel examining the effects of hardened erosion-control structures along oceanfront...
islandfreepress.org
June 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
davidjgibson.bsky.social
Barrier Islands are important.
#erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands

Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna.

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September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM