Here's a revisited image from last January. Mattamuskeet is the largest fresh water lake in NC. It is over 40,000 acres in size, but averages only about 1.5 feet in depth over its peaty bottom.It holds tens of thousands of birds every winter. There is an especially large number of tundra swans who can easily feed off the bottom just by ducking their heads under as they cruise about. This is a place worth spending some winter days if you like birds!

Nearby is Pocosin Lakes NWR that regularly holds about 80,000 snow geese each winter.