Featuring photos and videos of birds and other wildlife from around North Carolina, the Audubon NC blog offers dispatches from the front lines of bird conservation. Recent updates inlude news about RCW's at Fort Bragg, wind energy news for NC, and views from the Amphibolite mountains.
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If you're vacationing on the Outer Banks this summer, be sure to sign up for our field trips at the Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary on Currituck Sound. This summer we're offering some unique programs that will enable people to experience the wildness of the Sound and its unparalleled marshes, maritime forests, birds, and other wildlife.
Nesting birds and sea turtles break records at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
August 25, 2010, Chapel Hill, NC -- With the breeding season still underway, 2010 is already a record-breaking year for rare sea turtles and waterbirds that nest on beaches at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, according to preliminary numbers from the National Park Service.
Please join Audubon North Carolina naturalists on a free guided tour of Mason Inlet Waterbird Management Area, a fascinating sanctuary where you can get close-up looks at beach-nesting birds and chicks. On this two-hour walk along the protected sanctuary you will get closeup looks at these charismatic creatures as they battle the elements to successfully raise their young.
Explore the Black River, Mason Inlet, and Holly Shelter Game Land
Did you know that alligators, bobcats, black bear, river otters, rare birds and other wildlife, plus 1,700-year-old bald cypress trees draped with Spanish moss, the oldest known trees east of the Rocky Mountains, are just minutes away from downtown Wilmington? These are just a few of the surprising facts visitors learn on a 4-hour narrated Black River Nature Cruise aboard the 49-foot Capt. JN Maffitt, a classic 1940s-era Liberty Launch resembling the movie legend African Queen.
2010 Pearson Society Field Trips explore new parks and places
This year the Pearson Society field trips are exploring some new places, including an unopened state park and and the stunning Highlands Plateau. Pearson Society members contribute $1,000 or more annually to Audubon North Carolina and as a benefit they are invited on special field trips and a member weekend. For more information please contact Anne Brown at 919-929-3899 or email agbrown@audubon.org.
