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OBX Waterfowling #4.2 + Pelagic

A week after returning from the Florida everglades and keys, I headed to the Outer Banks for another weekend of birding. This was a...

OBX Waterfowling #4.1 (Gov't Shutdown)

The continuing government shutdown afforded me an opportunity for a productive mid-week OBX solo birding trip. I saw/heard 120 species of...

Dare County Rarity Roundup #1

Eager for any excuse to head to the coast, I participated in the first annual Dare County Rarity Roundup this year. While no literal...

Bears & Birds

My second consecutive weekend camping on the coast included a black bear-filled day at the Pungo Unit of Pocosin Lakes NWR on the...

OBX Kayak/Camping #3.2: Shackleford

A spur of the minute overnight kayak camping trip down east led me to Shackleford Banks and featured some great birds, including two...

OBX Kayak/Camping #3: Lookout, Shack, Cedar

This year’s OBX paddle/camping trip took me and a friend to Cape Lookout and Cedar Island (again), but with a slightly different flavor....

OBX Waterfowling #3

My third annual winter OBX solo birding trip was an exercise in efficiency, comprising just two full days of birding (compare last year’s fo

OBX Kayak/Camping #2: Lookout, Cedar Island

A friend and I replicated our Memorial Day OBX trip from last year, but changed the location from Ocracoke/Portsmouth to Cape Lookout...

OBX Waterfowling #2

This year, I turned President’s Day weekend into a four-day nonstop birding adventure to the OBX and Pamlico/Albemarle Peninsula. What an...

OBX Kayak/Camping #1: Ocracoke, Portsmouth

Three long days, 96 bird species, and 4 life birds, with 23 miles traveled by kayak in the Ocracoke, Portsmouth, and Alligator River...

OBX Waterfowling #1

Two and a half days of non-stop birding in the outer banks on my inaugural solo winter OBX birding trip was the most productive birding...