Seabird shapes are fascinating to me, as are their lives.
Lucky guys -
Eat (trash) all day (and not get fat).
When you get bored, hang around (and poop on the unsuspecting two-legged mammals below).
Go back and do it all over again the next day.
Oh, and you were born with a lightweight skeletal system and you grow aerodynamic appendages!!!
If you're lucky, some procreation, then back to dive bombing.
And they're enough tough that the oil won't be able to touch them!!!
Lucky guys (especially the pooping part).
This was our Wednesday - took the ferry over to Ocracoke and explored Edward Teach's (the infamous "Blackbeard") hideout of choice. Marlon spend some of his other time studying history on the topic of the pirates during the colonial period. We were packed in like sardines on ferry ride over, and the interesting phenomena of seeing the same people over and over again (I guess we are tourists too) settled in for the rest of the day. The Blackbeard Exhibit House coincidentally opened for the season and we sat through the movies and walked the exhibit to learn just a little more about Blackbeard. Afterward we drove to the National Park Service station to check out what else was going on - feed some gulls and watched the mainland ferry dock (that one was much bigger - but you also had to pay to get on it - the Hatteras run is free). After a late lunch at Daijo (neat little restaurant) and checking out the nautical shops, we headed back towards the ferry with one more stop planned...
