While visiting the reserve the morning before Christmas I made a few photographs of a stallion and his one mare. At the moment the herd is broken up into individual bands called harems. The harems […]
Tag Archives: Nature
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Affectionately known to birders as the “Butter Butt,” the Yellow Rumped Warbler is a very common bird along the North Carolina coast during the winter months. The little bird photographed below was seen on the […]
Merry Christmas
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. I took a few photos yesterday morning… (is there really a better way to spend the morning before Christmas?). For some reasons Cardinals and Christmas always seem like a good […]
Sunrise Over Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve
A couple of days ago I posted some photos from a sunrise over Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. In the text included with that post I mentioned a bias that tended to discourage me from shooting […]
Seagulls in Flight
To those of us making our homes along the coast gulls are a very common sight. You see them almost everywhere. To many they’re little more than pests. Locals call them names like “Sky Rats,” […]
Sanderlings
These little birds are in a state of constant motion. It’s really quite entertaining to watch them dart in and out of the surf as they search for food. Sanderlings are always a hit with […]
Shorebird Variety
I encountered a variety of different shorebirds on my morning paddle several days ago. Some of them I was able to get a nice variety of shots, allowing a post about each. Others, however, I […]
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Herons are the big birds of the salt marshes. In spite of being the largest bird in the marsh I find these beautiful creatures to be some of the most skittish as well. […]
Killdeer: A Shorebird That’s Not Always a Shorebird
To be honest I’m more used to seeing Killdeer in fields and meadows miles away from the beach than strolling along the shore with sand between their toes. They were a fairly common sight when […]
Juvenile Little Blue Heron
I went for a paddle this morning. Near the end of the trip I came upon a very cooperative juvenile Little Blue Heron. I was surprised at how close he allowed me to drift in […]