Views of the Grounds of the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research
Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research in Horse Shoe, NC
Fauna
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Pasha, the BRIMR guard cat and office supervisor, checking a figure. |
A cardinal, the State bird of North Carolina |
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| A white squirrel, indigenous to Western North Carolina | A gray squirrel gathering nuts in preparation for winter |
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| Another white squirrel eating a peanut | The white squirrel shown on the left in a tree |
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| A chipmunk | A raccoon, another BRIMR ground's occupant |
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| A bear | A robin |
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| Female and male wild turkeys (notice spur on male above foot) | Male and female wild turkeys |
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| A grey-cheeked thrush | A Virginia oposom |
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| A white-breasted nuthatch | A Carolina wren |
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| A blue jay | An eastern bluebird |
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| A female ruby-throated hummingbird (male has the red throat) | A grackle |
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| A tufted titmouse | A titmouse evaluating peanuts |
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| A titmouse selecting a peanut | A tufted titmouse taking flight with a peanut |
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| A chickadee | A dove |
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| A female hairy woodpecker at the feeder | A male red-bellied woodpecker at the feeder |
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| A pileated woodpecker | A female downy woodpecker |
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| A female goldfinch | A male goldfinch |
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| A chickadee, red-bellied woodpecker, and cardinal (rear-right) | Turkey vultures relaxing in the sun |
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| An eastern towhee | A brown thrasher |
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| A duck | Another duck |
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| A black swan | A female rose-breasted grosbeak |
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| A male rose-breasted grosbeak | A male rose-breasted grosbeak |
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| Two neighborhood horses in Horse Shoe, NC | A toad |
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| A dark-eyed junco | A red-bellied woodpecker |
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| A pine siskin | A cardinal |
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| A raven | A chickadee moving into BRIMR in the spring-2009 |
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| A squirrel in the winter of 2010 | A chickadee moving into BRIMR in the spring-2010 |
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| A woodchuck | A turtle |
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| A squirrel sunning herself | A hanging squirrel eating a peanut |
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| Another squirrel sunning herself | A rabbit |
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| Male eastern tohee | A white squirrel eating sunflower seeds |
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Two squirrels beneath a double helix |
Created 8 May 2010, updated 26 April 2012, updated 17 June 2021
Visitors since 7 August 2010
