By Text and photos Peter Vankevich Part of my life-long fascination with birds is their often-puzzling names. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has been a laugh-inducer for countless comedians. The Nashville Warbler neither […]
To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here Cape Hatteras National Seashore is offering park visitors an opportunity to observe excavations of recently hatched sea turtle nests during the months of August […]
Editor’s note: For a story about the beached Gervais’ beaked whale published earlier this year by the Ocracoke Observer, click here. The following update by Pat Garber provides more information about this rare […]
To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here The images below were created by John Timmerman of the North Carolina Shell Club to help beachcombers identify the shells found on Ocracoke beaches, […]
To read an earlier story about this swan, click here. By Peter Vankevich The young Trumpeter Swan’s two-month sojourn on Ocracoke appears over. May 2 was the last time it was reportedly […]
To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here By Peter Vankevich A Gervais’ beaked whale in stressed condition washed to shore near the Ramp 67 entrance on Ocracoke Tuesday afternoon. Lisa Loos, […]
Observer staff report It was a major beach event Wednesday morning as dozens of islanders and visitors showed up at the Lifeguard Beach to witness the release of 12 rehabilitated sea turtles. […]
Eleven loggerhead sea turtles have completed their rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island, and NEST volunteers will release them Wednesday into the […]
Text and photos by Connie Leinbach “You walk the beach and you find treasures,” said Jan Reaves about her avocation of shell collecting. That about sums it up for the members of […]
Text and Photos by Peter Vankevich “A bird so grand, so majestic, and so picturesque is surely a fitting subject for the artist’s brush,” so wrote Arthur Cleveland Bent in 1927 about […]
