Photographer David Galyon captured this image, “Bird in Flight,” on Taylors Creek in Beaufort.
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“Morning Shadows”
Photographer Jim Snyders captured this image, “Morning shadows,” near the 6800 block of Emerald Isle.
“Finding Dinner”
Photographer Jody Merritt captured this image of a sanderling feeding along the beach at Fort Macon State Park.
“Night Moves”
Photographer Gladys Buzzell captured this image during a sunset drive through Beaufort on a cold and windy winter evening.
“Path from Frisco Campground”
Photograph by Alex Goldstein, of Wilmington.
A lush maritime forest surrounds the path to the beach at Frisco Campground on the Outer Banks
“Hiding In the Grass”
Photograph by Jody Merritt, of Beaufort.
Two cattle egrets near a freshwater pond in Carteret County on a late afternoon. See more…
“Cannon Firing at Ft. Macon”
Photographer Jim Snyders had perfect timing in capturing this war cannon’s explosive ball of fire at the 150th anniversary re-enactment of the Civil War at Fort Macon, in Atlantic Beach.
“Flower Moon Rising on Bogue Inlet Pier”
Photograph by Gladys Buzzell of Swansboro.
While you can’t see the sun set over the ocean off the N.C. coast, you can watch a less bright orange orb rise from the watery horizon after dusk. But, why is May’s full moon dubbed the “Flower Moon”? See more…
“Reflecting at Lake Mattamuskeet”
Photo by Debby Gleeson of Jacksonville.
A tranquil Lake Mattamuskeet mirrors the sky and an island on a winter’s day.
“Old Oak on the White Oak”
Photograph by Jim Snyders of Powell, Ohio.
The green moss, lichen and long curve of this oak tree are illuminated in this wide angle photo taken in Carteret County.
“May the Odds Be in Your Favor”
Photography by Cathy Martin of Emerald Isle.
May 1 is the beginning of sea turtle nesting season for North Carolina’s beaches. In this photo, a baby loggerhead sea turtle makes its way to the ocean for the first time after a next excavation. See more…
“Stalking Lunch”
Photograph by Jody Merritt of Beaufort.
A little blue heron stalks a fresh water pond on Harkers Island in Carteret County looking for its next meal.
“The Currituck Spiral”
Photograph by Teresa Daines of Maggie Valley.
From the top of the spiral staircase inside the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla, on the Outer Banks. The lighthouse is an example of Gothic Revival architecture, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1973.
“As the Sun Met the Sea”
Photograph by Amy Lock of Emerald Isle.
Photographer Amy Lock took this fiery photo on a ferry traveling from Cedar Island to Ocracoke, two islands along North Carolina’s central coast.
“When the Mullet Run”
Photograph by Cathy Martin of Emerald Isle.
Men work together on Atlantic Beach setting nets to catch mullet, a common catch here along the Crystal Coast in the fall.
“Resting”
Photograph by Jody Merritt
A great egret poses on a tree branch in Morehead City. These birds were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late 19th century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds. Today the graceful birds frequent the wetlands that checker North Carolina’s coastline.