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Seaside Sparrow - January 2, 2005
Nansemond River Near the Mouth of Bennett's Creek - Suffolk, VA

I found this for the Nansemond Christmas Bird Count while kayaking.  

Taken by Les Willis with a Nikon Coolpix 4300 Digital Camera.  Click on thumbnail for larger image.  

Great Cormorant - January 2, 2005
Town Point on the Nansemond River - Suffolk, VA

I found this for the Nansemond Christmas Bird Count perched with hundreds of DC Cormorants on the power transmission towers that cross the Nansemond River.  4th record from my backyard). 

Taken by Les Willis with a Nikon Coolpix 4300 Digital Camera through a Zeiss Diascope 85mm w/ 20-60x zoom eyepiece.  Click on thumbnail for larger image.  These are not the best pics - very distant and backlit.