taking a break - end of week 1 at the Outer Banks - pics blog

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/6/post/2012/10/week-1-at-ocracoke-some-pics.html

Time flies when you are in heaven! Back to reality next Saturday....

[snacker]

1. Oh my....

absolutely beautiful photos...it looks like heaven! Enjoy!

[supernova]

2. Just lovely!

Haven't been back since 2008. Thank you for sharing your pics!

Where are you staying that is pet friendly? We were looking to take our dog along.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. Ocracoke - Cottage Station cottage from Ocracoke Island Realty.

We've rented this house for years - across the street from the lighthouse - superb place!

[woodsprite]

3. Lovely pics! Hope you have a great 2nd wk!

We're heading down there over Thanksgiving week for a long weekend with the kids. We usually try to get down there once a year but did FL this year for my FILs 80th. Can't wait!

[Suich]

4. Outstanding!!!

[pinboy3niner]

5. Great pics!

Those sunrises look spectacular!

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. thanks...they are sunsets! we kayak in the late afternoon so we are in the Pamlico Sound

at sunset.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. really nice. peaceful. thanks for sharing

[femmocrat]

9. Gorgeous photos, tomatoman!

We haven't been to the Outer Banks in a long time. Might be time to go back! Thanks so much!

[HopeHoops]

10. Great pictures! Is that a spoon bill 4th down center and 10th down right?

I've seen the pink spoon bills (Hershey Park's Zoo America has two), but not that coloration.

[In_The_Wind]

11. Fabulous photos!

Enjoy heaven while you can.

Your photos made a cold day in New York a bit warmer.
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[Rhiannon12866]

12. K&R! Spectacular pictures, my friend!

Makes me wish I was there (especially since it'll get close to freezing here tonight ). And the dogs look like they're having so much fun! What is a vacation without pets?

[lunatica]

13. It really does look like it's Heaven!

May your days last forever and be timeless. Next Saturday is a long ways ahead.

[unhappycamper]

14. Beautiful pics, Dude!

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. Birds in the pics are....

second row, first pic - Sanderling in its winter clothes
4th row, second pic - double crested Cormorant, winter clothes
5th row, first pic - Little Blue Heron, immature (hence white)
5th row, second pic - immature White Ibis
4th row from bottom, 3rd pic - Tricolor Heron
second row from bottom, 3rd pic - Brown Pelican just about to catch a fish

Various Locations of pics - roads around our cottage, Springer Point, estuaries and shoreline around Pamlico Sound, Beach (national seashore), Oyster Creek canals (Pamlico sound-side)

[warrior1]

16. Nice.

[geardaddy]

17. Fantastic!

Thanks for sharing!

I especially love the action shot of the pelican.