Carolina Wild Photo (the blog)

Well, it’s been 2-1/2 years since my last blog post here. Not a situation of my choosing. Uncooperative weather, appointments and (mostly) Covid restrictions threw up multiple road blocks against traveling for photography. My return last week to Rachel Carson Reserve and Shackleford was planned and paid for 18 months ago when I thought the Covid mess was about to turn around. Finally though, I’ve jumped the hurdles and got in three beautiful days of weather Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 photographing the wild horses. It only goes to prove that even in “winter” you can have fun visiting the wild horses at Beaufort.

The first thing I saw when I set foot on Rachel Carson Reserve wasn’t wild horses, but a pair of Sandhill Cranes. That was quite a surprise, as this was my first sighting ever of Sandhill Cranes, and I didn’t know they frequented North Carolina’s coast at all. They were too far away for anything but an identification shot, but at least I have something to show. (continue reading…)