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The One and Only Outer Banks Big Day

10,000 Birds

We ended with 7 species of mammal, including River Otter, Gray Fox, and Marsh Rabbit, but the highlight may have been a little Canebrake Rattlesnake crossing the road at the Bodie Island lighthouse, a lifer herp for me. Canebrake Rattlesnake, the coastal subspecies of Timber Rattlesnake. Photo by Nate Swick.