Audubon NC In the News




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Media tour at Ferry Slip Island | 1 of 2

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Royal Terns | 2 of 2

July 2009

Abandoned crab pots snag the crab industry, WWAY-TV

Bird Island, Wilmington Star-News

Birds of a different feather flock together, WWAY-TV

Groups work to preserve island bird nesting habitat, News 14

Officials say Bird Island needs more sand, WECT-TV

June 2009

Vegetation drives some shorebirds from Mason to Masonboro Inlet, Wilmington Star-News

February 2009
Great Backyard Bird Count helps study national avian population
Asheville Citizen Times

January 2009

Birders set their sights on local species for Audubon’s winter count
Winston-Salem Journal

Annual Christmas Bird Count takes wing
Asheville Citizen-Times

For bird watchers, it’s the time of year to scour the skies
The Daily Reflector, Greenville

December 2008

Walker Golder discusses the Endangered Species Act
Wilmington Star-News

July 2008

For the birds, for everyone
Wilmington Star-News


Birds are flocking to Bird Island off of the Fort Fisher coast, WECT
WECT-TV, Wilmington

Local bird sanctuary thriving
WWAY, Wilmington

One good tern deserves another
Wrightsville Beach Magazine

June 2008

Legislation introduced on June 11 by U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr and U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (all of North Carolina) would allow the short-sighted wishes of small special interest groups to take precedence over the continued survival of the unique national resources that make Cape Hatteras National Seashore so special.

Read recent editorials opposing this legislation:

The News & Observer
The Fayetteville Observer
The Virginian-Pilot
The Virginian-Pilot

May 2008

May marked the completion of the Piedmont section of the North Carolina Birding Trail, a driving trail linking great birding sites throughout the state. A full-color guidebook accompanies the new portion of trail and its 103 birding sites.

Piedmont Birders can Hit New Trail
News & Observer

N.C. Birding Trail Opens Second of Three Sections
Southern Pines Pilot