Photographs by Will Cook, mostly taken in North Carolina. Equipment: Nikon CoolPix 995 (8/2001-present) and Nikon CoolPix 8800 (3/2005-present).
Special Photo Pages:
Birds of Ecuador 
| Butterflies of Ecuador | Birds of Panama | Butterflies of Panama | Mammals of Panama
South Texas Butterflies | South Texas Dragonflies
Amphibians & Reptiles | Birds | Plants
Butterflies & Moths | Dragonflies & Damselflies | Other Insects | Spiders
Mammals
Horse (Equus caballus) - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Groundhog (Marmota monax) - Granville Co., NC 4/30/06
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) - Chapel Hill, NC 10/3/05 (cat-killed)
Golden Mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) - Carroll Co., VA 8/2/08
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) - Durham Co., NC 5/16/04 (bad photo!)
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) - Dare Co., NC 5/31/07
Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) - Orange Co., NC 10/15/06 (killed by an unknown animal)
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - Beaufort, NC 10/29/05
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) - Brunswick Co., NC 5/15/04 (bad photo)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) - Moore Co., NC 6/10/06
Appalachian Cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus) - Clay Co., NC 5/13/06
Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris) - Mason Farm, Chapel Hill, NC 9/30/05
Black Bear (Ursus americanus) - Carroll Co., VA 5/29/05
Fish
Flounder - Dare Co., NC 10/18/03
Jellyfish
Jellyfish sp. 0394 - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Jellyfish sp. 70999 - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08
Echinoderms
Sand Dollar - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Horseshoe Crabs
Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Crustaceans
Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)
Hermit Crab - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.) - New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08
Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.) - Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08
Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.) - Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08
Crab sp. 80002 - Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08
Crab sp. 80009 - Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08
Crab sp. 80019 - Carteret Co., NC 7/17/08. Same individual as 80009.
Crawfish sp. 70764 - Wilkes Co., NC 6/15/08
Crawfish sp. 70771 - Wilkes Co., NC 6/15/08
Mollusks
big clam - stranded in the mudflats at Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/30/07
mussel 90162 - Penny's Bend, Eno River, Durham Co., NC 8/24/08
slug 40265 - Orange Co., NC 4/6/08
snail 100053 - Durham, NC 9/9/08
snail 100055 - Durham, NC 9/9/08 (same individual)
Ticks and Mites
Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) - female, Person Co., NC 6/13/06. One of our most common ticks. Carries several diseases, including ehrlichiosis and the Lyme-like Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI).
Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) - male, Croatan National Forest, Carteret Co., NC 6/23/04. Restricted to the Coastal Plain in NC. Very attractive, for a tick.
Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) - male, Sandhills Game Lane, Scotland Co., NC 7/1/07.
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) - male, Person Co., NC 6/13/06. Our largest and perhaps most common tick. The main vectors for the common and dangerous Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, American Dog Ticks also carry several other diseases.
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) - female, Alleghany Co., NC 7/2/06. This one has its front legs in position to grab onto anything that happens to pass by.
tick sp. 40269 - Durham, NC 4/7/08
tick sp. 40527 - Durham, NC 4/16/08
tick sp. 40530 - Durham, NC 4/16/08. Same individual.
tick sp. 40531 - Durham, NC 4/16/08. Same individual.
Red mite - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
Myriapoda (Millipedes and Centipedes)
House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) - Durham, NC 7/27/06
Opiliones
Daddy Longlegs 3806 - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/05
Daddy Longlegs 0294 - Durham, NC 9/8/07.
Granddaddy Longlegs 100007 - Carroll Co., VA 9/6/08
Fungi
Amanita sp. - Durham Co., NC 9/10/02
Hericium erinaceus - Durham Co., NC 12/4/04
Mushroom sp. 1390 - growing out of a pine cone - Dare Co., NC 3/24/02
Mushroom sp. 3067 - Durham Co., NC 9/10/02
Mushroom sp. 3510 - Durham Co., NC 11/3/02
Fungus sp. 5642 - Carroll Co., VA 7/26/03
unidentified lavender-colored mushrooms - Orange Co., NC 8/24/05
unidentified mushrooms 8196 - Moore Co., NC 7/1/07
Orange slimy fungus - Chatham Co., NC 3/25/08
Mushroom sp. 80206 - Jones Co., NC 7/18/08
Fungus sp. 80210 - Jones Co., NC 7/18/08
Lichens
Lichens 40048 - Orange Co., NC 3/9/08
Lichens 40049 - Orange Co., NC 3/9/08
Lichens 40051 - Orange Co., NC 3/9/08
Lichens 40055 - Orange Co., NC 3/9/08
Slime Molds
Slime mold sp. 4136 - Durham Co., NC 3/24/07
Slime mold sp. 4138 - Durham Co., NC 3/24/07
Miscellaneous Photos
Beach grass - Oregon Inlet, Dare Co., NC 11/3/05
Blue Ridge morning - Carroll Co., VA 10/20/02
Bodie Island sunset - Dare Co., NC 11/3/01
Bodie Island sunset - Dare Co., NC 11/3/01
Bodie Island lighthouse at sunset - Dare Co., NC 11/3/01
Knap of Reeds Creek at sunrise - Granville Co., NC 12/16/01
Old Coast Guard station - Oregon Inlet, Dare Co., NC 11/3/05
Old Coast Guard station - Oregon Inlet, Dare Co., NC 11/3/05
Old Coast Guard station - Oregon Inlet, Dare Co., NC 11/3/05
Outer Banks Hurricane Isabel damage - Dare Co., NC 10/18/03
Tests of the power of the digiscoping technique
Temporary Photo Gallery (no explanatory text, subject to deletion at any moment)
Comments? Questions? E-mail me at cwcook@duke.edu
Licensing: High-resolution and low-resolution images are available for licensing - just e-mail me for more information. Among others, my photos have been licensed by: Adventure Publications, Audubon Magazine, Boston Museum of Science, Briza Publications (Medicinal Plants of the World by van Wyk et al.), Center for Biological Diversity, Chanticleer Press (National Wildlife Federation field guides), Environment Canada, Hillstar Editions LLC (Butterflies of North America by Brock and Kaufman), Kansas Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission, National Wildlife, North Carolina Literary Review, Pearson Education/Benjamin Cummings (Biology, 7th edition by Campbell and Reese), Scientific American, Southport Coastal Water Watch, The Washington Post, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Wildlife in North Carolina.
Revised 10/6/2008
All photographs and text ©2008 by Will Cook unless otherwise indicated.
