Wintering 

 Waterfowl Make 

 North Carolina 

 A Stop On Their 



Flight Plan . 



By Rachel Wharton 

 Photographs by Michael Halminski 



With brilliant white bodies, 

 long slender necks and black beaks, 

 this flock of tundra swans enjoys the 

 solitude of the Pea Island National Wildlife 

 Refuge. The tundra swan makes its annual 

 trek to Pea Island from the frozen grounds 

 of Alaska, Canada and the Arctic. 



COASTWATCH 3 



