The oldest known Brown Pelican was 43. Bird banding research allows biologists to uncover data to help protect and conserve priority species throughout their life cycle.
Learn about the data discovered by a Red Knot banded in Bahia Lomas, Chile.
Follow the life of an oystercatcher banded on Champagne Island in Cape May County, NJ in 2007 when it was just a chick.
This banded Piping Plover is part of the endangered Great Lakes population, which consists of around 70 breeding pairs and their offspring. During 2014, it wintered at Rich Inlet.
Meet a Least Tern banded as an adult on Cape Lookout National Seashore in the summer of 2010. It later reappeared on the south end of Wrightsville Beach.
A banded Sandwich Tern was spotted at the south end of Wrightsville Beach. Learn how banding birds like this supports bird conservation science .
Audubon North Carolina’s Donal C. O’Brien Jr. Sanctuary Director Robbie Fearn celebrates the early signs of spring on the Outer Banks.
While you’re enjoying some fun in the sun, remember, you aren’t the only one using the sand and surf. Share the beach with shorebirds.