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July 2008

Audubon Coastal Sanctuaries in the Spotlight
Wrightsville Beach attracts many visitors, both on foot and on the wing. A Wilmington Star-News article and editorial about Mason Inlet Waterbird Management Area highlights this Audubon sanctuary on the north end of Wrightsville Beach and shows how people and wildlife co-exist at this popular beach. Click on the links below to read more.

For the birds, for everyone, Wilmington Star-News, July 21, 2008

Waterfowl flock to inlet preserve: Officials say waterbirds are thriving at Wrightsville Beach sanctuary, Wilmington Star-News, July 21, 2008

On July 16, 2008, biologists with Audubon North Carolina took a small group of reporters to one of 20 sanctuary islands that the organization protects along the coast. Although these islands are closed to public access to prevent harming nesting birds, Audubon and the US Army Corps of Engineers take media groups there on occasion to help spread the word about North Carolina’s colorful and charismatic colonial waterbirds, such as terns, ibises, and black skimmers. The Army Corps of Engineers created this dredge island near Wilmington. Dredge material islands mimic habitats that were once abundant along the North Carolina coast and provide refuges for birds that have been squeezed out of native habitats by development. Click on the links below to view news reports and photographs from this tour. Click here to learn more about Audubon North Carolina’s Coastal Sanctuaries and click here to learn more about North Carolina’s colonial waterbirds.

Bird Island, Wilmington Star-News, July 16, 2008

Birds are flocking to Bird Island off of the Fort Fisher coast, WECT, Wilmington, July 16, 2008

One good tern deserves another
Mason Inlet Waterbird Management Area is a win-win conservation story, where least terns, black skimmers, and common terns are successfully raising chicks under the watchful gaze of Audubon biologists and community volunteers. This summer Wrightsville Beach visitors are being treated to free guided walks through varied habitats where they can observe nesting birds from a safe distance. Read more about it in Wrightsville Beach Magazine.

June 2008

Legislation aims to strip vital protections from threatened wildlife on Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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 16, 2008
Audubon North Carolina is pleased to announce 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. The guidebook features site descriptions, maps and photos. Audubon North Carolina is one of six agencies partnering on this exciting ecotourism project. Learn more about the Birding Trail from the News and Observer and the Southern Pines Pilot.