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Birds & Science
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Painted Bunting Observer Team
The Painted Bunting Observer Team (PBOT) at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is seeking help from volunteer citizens to support a research study in North and South Carolina to develop strategies to sustain and increase the numbers of these brightly colored migratory birds.
Breeding Bird Survey data reveal that Eastern Painted Bunting populations declined at least 3.5 percent annually over a 30 year period from 1966 to 1995. Scientists are especially concerned about Painted Buntings, so much so that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently raised the Painted Bunting to "Focal Species" status. The new status allows funding to develop means of bringing Painted Bunting populations back up to healthy and sustainable levels.
To learn more about how you can help, please click here.
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