In my last post, I mentioned how much I enjoyed seeing the wildlife on our vacation at the Outer Banks. I thought I'd share a few pictures of that wildlife tonight.
One of the first animal sightings we had was at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Look how close these deer let me get! We saw deer several times over the week, but this encounter was amazing to me because of their complete lack of fear.
The wild rabbits were the most common animal we saw (other than birds of course).
Oracoke Island has a population of wild ponies. I'm not sure how 'wild' they really are since they've been living in pens for decades (to protect them from cars and vice versa), but they were an enjoyable sight all the same.
A few miles north of our beach cottage was the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. It's known as an excellent place to bird watch.
This tri-colored heron was one of the few birds that I could actually identify. A lot of them just looked like 'seabirds' to my untrained eye.
There were so many pelicans swooping about. I think there is something prehistoric about the appearance of these birds. They fascinate me. We also saw some sort of duck, migrating just off the shore in wave after wave. There were literally hundreds of them flying past our cottage. Don't know what they were, but Alton and I were both fascinated.
Speaking of a prehistoric appearance, how about this lovely old turtle? He was hanging out with a few friends in one of the ponds in the wildlife refuge.
Probably the animals I was most excited about seeing were the dolphins we watched swimming just north of the Rodanthe Pier. They were swimming near a group of surfers. This was only the second time in my life that I'd seen dolphins in the wild, with the first time being on our honeymoon in Hawaii. I could have watched those guys knifing through the waters for hours if they hadn't swam away from view.
That's all for tonight. Stay dry and stay safe!
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