Category: Outer Banks Animals
The Best Time To Visit The Outer Banks
April 30, 2025
From the sandy roads of Carova on the border with Virginia, to the quaint, narrow streets of the vil...
The Problem with Balloons
August 20, 2024
The problem with balloons is that what goes up must come down, and when they do, they are a very rea...
Sea Turtles, Artificial Light at Night and What the Public Thinks
March 2, 2024
Artificial light at night—ALAN is its acronym—is something every beach community deals with. Abo...
A Wild and Magnificent Treasure—Corolla Wild Horses Update
July 14, 2023
The Corolla Wild Horses may be staging a comeback. Or at least, they’re not quite ready to become ...
Animals of the Outer Banks — Raptors
March 22, 2021
Soaring over a body of water, or riding the thermals rising from a sand dune, raptors—birds of pre...
Animals of the Outer Banks — Shorebirds
February 9, 2021
The easiest way to experience Outer Banks wildlife is to walk along any beach and check out the bird...
Animals of the Outer Banks — Songbirds
February 5, 2021
Look out of any window, walk along the beach, hike through any of our Outer Banks nature preserves a...
Animals of the Outer Banks — Reptiles
January 27, 2021
There is a tendency to think of wildlife as furry and warmblooded. But, close relatives though we ma...
Animals of the OBX — Migratory Waterfowl
January 18, 2021
Migratory Waterfowl
The Outer Banks is a birder’s paradise. Whether amateur or experienced,...
Animals of the Outer Banks — Marine
January 13, 2021
There are so many animals from the wild side stopping by or using our Outer Banks beaches that it’...
Animals of the Outer Banks — Mammals
January 9, 2021
There is a tendency to think of the places that have been developed as being the home of humans and ...
Purple Martins of the Outer Banks
August 13, 2019
The
purple martins of the Willam Umstead Bridge have returned once again. They are,
perhaps, the equ...