Ocracoke Nature

With the announcement that a second  novel by author Harper Lee, "Go Set a Watchman," will  be published this year, we  are digging out...

January 2015 By Ken Gliesman Over the years, I’ve found many pieces of coal on the beaches of Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island and Portsmouth Island. I...

By Peter Vankevich The Ocracoke Christmas Bird Count will be Tuesday, Dec. 30. If you can identify and count birds on the island and report...

  December 2014 By Stacey Sutton Fans of our feathered friends are all a-frenzy with anticipation for the 115th National Christmas Bird Count coming up here Dec...

 Holiday issue 2011 Text and Photo by Peter Vankevich This is the time of the year that my poetic/ romantic side leads me to write not...

Jann & Gil Randell on the dunes of Ocracoke Photo by P. Vankevich November 2014 By Peter Vankevich Peregrine falcons are spectacular birds. To see one in flight,...

November 2014 By Pat Garber   Looking out my front door last month I saw, flutter­ing among my lantana and ruella blossoms, one of my favorite creatures,...

Editor: As a bird enthusiast and avid conservation biologist, I was pleased to see your piece on bird-window collisions. Studying bird-window collisions, and how to...

By Pat Garber Any bird lover who has heard the disturbing thud of a songbird hitting a window, and discovered its lifeless body underneath, must...

By Pat Garber Bird lovers saw high numbers of cedar waxwings migrate through the village this spring. Dressed in black masks with silky brown and...