Birds of Ocracoke: Cooper’s Hawk
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By Peter Vankevich
From fall into winter is the best time to see hawks...
Rescued Bald Eagle had lead poisoning
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By Rita Thiel
Bald Eagles are exciting to see but one of these visitors on...
Fiddlers in the sand
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
From mid-to-late summer into early fall when walking Ocracoke Island’s sandy trails and along sound-side areas such as Molasses...
Spotted on Ocracoke: The cannonball jellyfish
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By Peter Vankevich
In the last few weeks someone walking along Ocracoke’s beaches, especially at Springer’s...
Ask the Observer: Which jellyfish or jelly?
From Greg Klein
This photo was taken at Springer’s Point. I think it is a jellyfish, but I am not sure. There were a few...
Birds of Ocracoke: The American Bittern, a solitary soul
By Peter Vankevich
The American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is one of the more interesting avian fall/winter visitors to Ocracoke.
A member of the heron family,...
Death of a Royal Tern
By Peter VankevichComing across a dead wild animal is not fun. But death is part of nature. In the case of birds, a small...
A Snowy Owl’s brief return to Ocracoke this winter
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Text and Photos by Peter Vankevich
This winter, Ocracoke did not get the Arctic...
Birds of Ocracoke: The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
By Peter Vankevich
Ocracoke is a pretty good island to see a family of wading birds known as herons, egrets and bitterns. Twelve species are...
Ocracoke’s frogs love a summer evening rainstorm
By Peter Vankevich
Photos by Jeff Beane
After spring and summer rains on Ocracoke, the nighttime frog symphony begins.
This phenomenon was noted in the May...