Photo Update #1

Weekend at Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, SC

Barred Owl and Union Pacific #9813 at Kannapolis, NC

ATCS (Advanced Train Control System) and Amtrak Carolinian

Below, my new ATCS Monitor, used by railfans to determine the location of trains, is a simplified form of what rail dispatchers use to move rail traffic. Seen here is the Danville to Charlotte Subdivision of Norfolk Southern Railroad, Covering Pomona, Kannapolis, Charlotte, Belmont North Carolina, and a portion of CSX Railroad's Monroe subdivision. Red lines are occupied track, the train, green lines indicate a path that the dispatcher has cleared for a train, gray lines are not yet covered by this server, and white lines are open lines.

                                          Seen here is the Amtrak Carolinian, arriving in Charlotte, North Carolina

Kannapolis, December 15th, 2012

Great Egret at Huntington Beach SP

Huntington Beach SP, 11-17-12

New Addition

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Charlotte, North Carolina

Masonboro Island, Wilmington, North Carolina

Lilac-Breasted Roller, Kruger Park, South Africa

Willet eating a sand flea at Bald Head Island

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Pictured: Anhinga with a speared fish at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina

Alligator Bellowing

White-Tailed Deer at Julian Price Memorial Park, North Carolina

Anhinga, Great Egret, and Black Skimmers at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina

Alligators and Great Egret at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina