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Detailed guides to individual animals found in North Carolina with facts about their habitat, diet, behavior, and more.

Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Downy Woodpecker

ByChristine Hours 05/23/202505/23/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens). Learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Blue Jay

ByChristine Hours 05/23/202505/23/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

ByChristine Hours 05/19/202505/19/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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White-Throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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White-Throated Sparrow

ByChristine Hours 05/12/202505/19/2025 Hours 05/19/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Pine Warbler

ByChristine Hours 05/11/202505/11/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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A perched Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica stares into the author's camera. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Barn Swallow

ByChristine Hours 05/10/202505/10/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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American Robin Turdus migratorius with normal plumage. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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American Robin

ByChristine Hours 05/09/202505/09/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the American Robin (Turdus migratorius)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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An adult Canada Goose Branta canadensis. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Canada Goose

ByChristine Hours 05/06/202505/07/2025 Hours 05/07/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) and explore some fun facts about these large, common, and striking birds.

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Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica. Insect. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Complete Guide To The Japanese Beetle

ByChristine Hours 04/28/202504/28/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore why they’re such hated pests.

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American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus. Bird. Photograph taken by the author. Copyright © 2025 Now I Wonder. All rights reserved.
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Complete Guide To The American Bittern

ByChristine Hours 04/17/202504/17/2025 Categories Species Guides

Meet the American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)—learn how to find and identify these amazing creatures, and explore fun facts about how they live.

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