Tue May 18

I spent the morning making a drive to the northern part of Hatteras National Seashore around Bodie Island Lighthouse. There weren't nearly as many birds as I saw here in Feb, but I found a few nice photos in the marshes by the Lighthouse and on the surf side in South Nag's Head. For the afternoon we had lunch at a Caribbean/Seafood place and drove down past Bodie again to Pea Island NWR. There I took a walk along one of the marshes and took more photos. Kellie worked on her sketches. Lots of Red-Winged Blackbirds today, both seen and heard. We continued down the coast to the town of Salvo where we found an Ice Cream shop. After eating too much yummy ice cream, we headed back to the house to take a nap and process photos.

**Red-Winged Blackbird**
in the marshes near Bodie

**Red-Winged Blackbird calling**
in the marshes near Bodie

**White Ibis in the distance**
near the Bodie lighthouse

**Bodie Island Lighthouse**
stitched from 5 frames taken with too much zoom

**Crab underwater burrowing in the sand to catch minnows**

**Brown Pelican**
flying over the beach at South Nag's Head

**Adult Sanderling with a meal of some sort**

**Juvenile Sanderling**
on the beach at South Nag's Head

**Juvenile Sanderling eyeing me warily**

**Ruddy Turnstone**
on the beach at South Nag's Head

**Snake 2 at Pea Island NWR**
Both were problably Northern Water Snakes

**Greater Yellowlegs**
at Pea Island NWR

**Beach morning glory - Calystegia Soldanella**

20210518-cjb_7051 — One of many fish that jumped out of the water at Pea Island. That fish is around a foot or more long. Every minute or two they would jump like this and splash back down.

**Looks like Canada Geese**
in the south pond at Pea Island

**Another Red-Winged Blackbird**
They were singing along my walk at Pea Island. I watched one fishing for water bugs or minnows.