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A hawk's perch at the edge of Randleman Lake is framed by the harvest moon, near Branson Davis Road in Randolph County, N.C., on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer.

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An Eastern Bluebird perches on a tree branch in Lake Daniel Park in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, February 19, 2011. (Nelson Kepley, news-record.com)

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An Eastern Bluebird perches in Lake Daniel Park in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, February 19, 2011. (Nelson Kepley, news-record.com)

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An Eastern Bluebird perches in Lake Daniel Park in Greensboro, N.C., Saturday, February 19, 2011. (Nelson Kepley, news-record.com)

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A female cardinal rests on an icy perch, on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer.

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With puffed feathers for warmth, a pine warbler holds onto his icy perch, on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer.

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A red-bellied woodpecker works his way up a snow encrusted dogwood, on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer.

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A kayaker paddles at sunset on the south end of Lake Townsend near N. Church St. makes their way into the marina at Lake Brandt on Saturday, August 28, 2010, in Greensboro, NC.(names and location CQ by jw) (Jerry Wolford / News-Record)

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A Blue Heron takes flight on the north end of Lake Brandt on Saturday, August 28, 2010, in Greensboro, NC. (Jerry Wolford / News-Record)

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Ellen Smith grew up in this old farmhouse along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Bluff's Coffee Shop, where she has worked as a waitress for the past 61 years, in this photo taken south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Sunset dips below the ridgeline west of Bluff Mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Sunrise casts a warm glow over a hillside at Bluff Mountain Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 17, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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View of Stone Mountain State Park area from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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visitors return to the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Photographer Jeff Myers drove from Boone to Bluff Mountain to capture views of sunset at Bluff Mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Sunrise behind jagged rocks along the Bluff Mountain Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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A Student Conservation Association staffer carries reclaimed fencing as a crew rebuilds a period fence beside Bluff's Lodge along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Cascade Falls feeds into Falls Creek along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Motorcyclists ride past a sign on Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Water runs down Cascade Falls into Falls Creek along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Twilight cast colorful hues to an evening sky along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Ellen Smith grew up in this old farmhouse along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Bluff's Coffee Shop, where she has worked as a waitress for the past 61 years and met her husband Paul in 1950, in a photo taken at the old farm south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Ellen Smith grew up in this old farmhouse along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Bluff's Coffee Shop, where she has worked as a waitress for the past 61 years, in this photo taken south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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High school students volunteering with the Student Conservation Association rebuild period fences beside Bluff's Lodge near Doughton Park along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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A tree frames the view looking east from Bluff Mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Mountains seem to stretch out as far as the eye can see along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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A whitetail buck looks at an intruder along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Sunrise behind jagged rocks along the Bluff Mountain Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Morning sun casts a glow on clouds above jagged rocks on the Bluff Mountain Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Sunrise creates an evocative start to the day at Bluff Mountain Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Sparta, NC on June 16, 2010. (H. Scott Hoffmann/ News-Record)

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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Fluttering flyers grace late summer blooms in a southern Guilford county yard, on Monday, August 23, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer. Online: http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/10/08/BUTTERFLIES/

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A white horse seen through a vine thicket in front of a maple tree on Burnetts Chapel Rd on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in Greensboro, NC. (Jerry Wolford / news-record.com)

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Goldenrod blooms along Route 194 framing a barn in Todd, NC on Sunday Sept. 6, 2009. Fall foliage is just beginning to turn in the high country of North Carolina with the peak weeks away. (News & Record, Lynn Hey)

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Water rushes down Winkler's Creek, past yellow wildflowers blooming along the bank, as it makes its way into Boone, NC on August 18, 2009. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann photo)

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Sunrise adds a splash of color through a hotel window in Boone, NC on August 19, 2009. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann photo)

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Summer's brilliant colors fade with the blooms of these red flowers growing along Winkler's Creek in the center of Boone, NC on August 18, 2009. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann photo)

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Rain drops on leaves where a jewel weed blooms on the banks of the Watauga River near Boone, NC on August 18, 2009. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann photo)

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A fawn deer bounds across a hill near a cabin in Trade, TN in July 2009. (News-Record photo/ H. Scott Hoffmann)

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Delicate blue flowers grow along the rocky banks of the Watauga River near Boone, NC on August 18, 2009. (News-Record/ H. Scott Hoffmann photo)

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This patch of clover found growing in downtown Greensboro has an abundance of stalks with four or more leaves, on Tuesday May 19, 2009, in GREENSBORO, NC. (ALL NAMES CQED) Joseph Rodriguez/ News & Record photographer.

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A curious kitten peeks in from its perch on a barn window. (Rob Brown, news-record.com)

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An everchanging sky saw rain, sun, clouds, wind, more rain and finally, a majestic rainbow that swept over I-85 in Thomasville before moving quickly north over Greensboro, NC on January 7, 2009. (H. Scott Hoffmann photo/ News-Record)

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Snowball wraps his tail around his pal, Augie's muzzle (nose) as the pair hang out over the fence rail as Augie waits to go into the ring at Flintrock Farm Jan. 3, 2009 outside Reidsville, NC. (News & Record, Lynn Hey)

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