Wild Horses on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Eric and I  are driving
north along  the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore.

We pulled off the road at

the Banker Ponies' pen.

The Banker Ponies are

horses, not ponies.

They are descended from

Spanish Mustangs.

This one roots around

& then nibbles on

the grass.

The Banker Ponies receive supplemental food and hay.  

The horses are fenced in by
the National Park Service to
keep them from overgrazing
the island's vegetation.

I thought the horses were penned
to keep them off US Route 12.




There's beach access across the road.  Let's take a walk.