Ocracoke’s beach-nesting birds continue to struggle
By Peter Vankevich
This story has been corrected: Cape Hatteras National seashore produced a total of 21 American Oystercatcher fledglings: 18 on Ocracoke, 2 Hatteras...
Ocracoke and Portsmouth Christmas Bird Counts scheduled for year end–UPDATED
Note: The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count has been changed and will take place on Jan. 1, 2026
The Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird...
NPS to hold volunteer training session for cold-stunned sea turtle patrol
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The National Park Service and N.E.S.T. (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles) will hold a cold-stun sea turtle volunteer training at 10...
Volunteers help with surprise late-season sea turtle hatching
By Ruth Fordon
November 14 was a sunny crisp fall morning with temperatures hovering around highs of mid 50s all week. Ocracoke residents Lou Castro...
An elegant bird makes a rare guest appearance on the Outer...
By Peter Vankevich
It was early Thursday, Sept. 25, at Cape Point on Hatteras Island. As Bob Lewis focused his long lens on a Black...
A Sea turtle nest excavation to take place on Ocracoke Island...
Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation...
Sea turtle nest excavation to take place on Ocracoke Island Wednesday,...
Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation...
Creating a glass lizard habitat in the back yard
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
The Eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) became an object of fascination for me when I saw my first one...
Ocracoke’s Christmas Bird Count ties record for number of species
By Peter Vankevich
There is always a bit of excited anticipation for birders who participate in a Christmas Bird Count.
Some consider it their “Superbowl,”...
Attention ‘hardy’ birders: join the Christmas Bird Counts
By Peter Vankevich
This headline? Thomas Hardy is author of “Far from the Madding Crowd.”
Who among us is not looking for an off-the-beaten path location...