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Forum: Photographic Technique
06-19-2009, 09:04 PM
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I have heard from folks "down east" (that's Eastern NC for the uninitiated) that the flocks of snow geese and other waterfowl in the Pocosin Lake refuge are amazing. I forget when the ideal time it; perhaps in the Fall. You can look it up. Wish I could get down there.
If I were you, I'd check with the Nature Conservancy, particularly your local land conservancy, for advice about where to go to find what. I'd also check with your local Sierra Club for the same info. When I led some Sierra Club hikes in the Triangle years ago, I'd bring folks to "hidden" natural places within cities, and there was often plenty of wildlife, from birds, fish, snakes, turtles, to rabbits, raccoons, and deer. Heard of plenty of sightings of wild turkeys too. Lesson: you don't need to go far away to find animals. Within a few hundred yards of my house now, I and my daughter have seen or encountered raccoons, beaver, fish, snakes, turtles, woodchucks, deer, birds (including hawks and owls), rabbits, mice, voles, snails, dragonflies, butterflies, luna moths, and I'm probably forgetting some. True, no bears, elk, wolves or coyotes, but still quite a bit.
Ten to one, there are some websites about wildlife in NC that will indicate what to find and where, as well as specialized sites about particular kinds of animals such as snakes of NC.
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