Tag Archives: Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve

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Sometimes Life Gets in the Way

It seems a bit of a cliche but it’s true, sometimes life gets in the way. Several weeks ago I made a change in part time employment. I happened to time it just as my […]

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Snowy Egret on a Winter’s Day

During my last kayak photography outing I came across a reasonably cooperative Snowy Egret. Here’s a couple shots from the encounter.

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More Wet & Wild Horses

Here are a few more shots of the horses crossing from island to island the other day.

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Wet & Wild Horses

I finally had a chance to go for my first paddle of the new year. When paddling at high tide my goal is to find shore birds to photograph. However, sometimes I come across some […]

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Common Loon

I finally got a chance to get out and make my first paddle of the new year! The skies were overcast, which is usually a good thing for photography. In this case, however, they were […]

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Rachel Carson Reserve Horses

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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