Wildlife in Bald Head Island

Over the past several years, we visited the Bald Head Island a lot.  Whenever we were there, we would take a lot of photos.  Every time we went, we saw different things and our Bald Head Island photo album is getting huge.  We can now pick out some of the photos and make some mini albums.  In this blog, we show you photos about wildlife in Bald Head Island.

In April 2011, it was still quite cold in Bald Head Island.  In Cape Fear, we found these interesting looking birds.  They are Royal Tern and they come to Bald Head Island from April to October.  They have distinct black cap and bright orange bill.  They are colonial birds and they like to be together with others in a group of hundreds.

In May 2011, we saw this little crab on one the beaches in Bald Head Island.  We could tell this little guy was very nervous about us being around.  We left it alone of course.

We saw the pelican stand on top of a pole in the Bald Head Island harbor.  This pelican was quite used to human.  We were able to get very close and took photos.  I bet he was checking out the black camera I was holding.

We saw a lot ibises in Bald Head Island.  However, they are normally far away from people.  So, it is relatively hard to take close-up pictures for them.  In April, 2011, we were so lucky to see these guys in the water about 15 feet away from us.

If you look very carefully on this photo, we are sure that you see a frog.  Camouflage was at work for this little frog.  We were so lucky to see him while we walked on a trail in Bald Head Island into the forest.

This shark was about 6 feet long.  A young gentleman fished this in Cape Fear.  It took him about 45 minutes to get this shark on the beach.  We were there the whole time witnessing the art of sea fishing.  This shark was released to the sea afterward.

We have seen fox many times in Bald Head Island.  In March 2012, the fox was standing about 15 feet away from us not willing to leave.  We thought that there might be baby foxes around.  Of course, we left without creating any more disturbance.

Egret is also resident of Bald Head Island.  We found this one sitting on a PVC tube enjoying the warm sun.