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I like to fish every now and again, especially if I can get out on a boat. A group of us decided to find out what the island marinas had to offer us. I really wanted to go out on a pelagic birding trip, but the only one around embarked out of Cape Hatteras, 78 [...]

Beach weather was finally upon us, so we introduced Mason to the Atlantic. Unsurprisingly, he has as little use for the ocean as he did for the pool. The birding wasn’t very good either. We spotted a Carolina Wren on the way there, the first one we’ve identified on our own. We also added Semipalmated [...]

On our first full day in the Outer Banks, we spent time at the beach to take stock of the various birds around us. Shorebirds were not as common as we would have expected, but we did see a few Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, and Sanderling. The crows and grackles in the area were not [...]

So there we were, headed towards the Outer Banks, the barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina.  Home of the first unfortunate English colony and birthplace of aviation, the Outer Banks is one of the premiere vacation (and birding) spots on the East Coast of the U.S.  Too bad a hurricane was in the [...]