Drift

It's hard to resist taking artful driftwood pictures...

 

Birds on the Bank

The pelicans were feeding on a school of fish.

A sanderling scuttled in and out of the tide.

 

Wild Horses

Wild horses have been on Shackleford Banks for 400 years.  They are believed to be descendants of Spanish horses shipwrecked off the coast.

They seem to spend all of their time eating.  The vegetation is very sparse so I can see why.  Even so they look pretty skinny.

 

Shackleford Banks

While in Beaufort, we took a ferry to Shackleford Banks, a barrier island off the coast.  It is part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore.   

It's a good place to look for shells

And the ones you don't keep, you can hang on the tree at the embarking point for the ferry.