Audubon North Carolina

Baltimore Oriole. Photo: Linda Scher/Audubon Photography Awards

Audubon North Carolina is a regional office of the National Audubon Society.

From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Outer Banks, Audubon protects birds and the places they need across North Carolina using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.

Top Stories

After Hurricane Helene, Mountain Chapters Work for Normalcy and Recovery
Chapters

After Hurricane Helene, Mountain Chapters Work for Normalcy and Recovery

“It’s been heart breaking and heartwarming at the same time.”

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Fast-Growing County Passes Bird-Friendly Development Policies, Thanks to Audubon Chapter
Urban Forestry

Fast-Growing County Passes Bird-Friendly Development Policies, Thanks to Audubon Chapter

New Hope Bird Alliance helped pass bird-friendly land-use policies that will help guide Chatham County development.

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$3M National Grant will Fund Audubon’s Marsh Restoration in Currituck Sound
Coast

$3M National Grant will Fund Audubon’s Marsh Restoration in Currituck Sound

Pilot projects will test innovative, nature-based restoration techniques at Audubon’s Pine Island Sanctuary.

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News & Updates

Quest for Banded Birds: The 18-Year Journey of a Brown Pelican
Coast

Quest for Banded Birds: The 18-Year Journey of a Brown Pelican

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.

Quest for Banded Birds: A Red Knot from Chile to the Carolinas
Coast

Quest for Banded Birds: A Red Knot from Chile to the Carolinas

Learn about the data discovered by a Red Knot banded in Bahia Lomas, Chile.

Help Audubon Track Pink Banded Piping Plovers
News

Help Audubon Track Pink Banded Piping Plovers

— Wintering Plovers Recently Banded in Bahamas Making Their Way North
Quest for Banded Birds: The Next Generation of American Oystercatchers
Coast

Quest for Banded Birds: The Next Generation of American Oystercatchers

Follow the life of an oystercatcher banded on Champagne Island in Cape May County, NJ in 2007 when it was just a chick.

Quest for Banded Birds: A Wintering Piping Plover
Coast

Quest for Banded Birds: A Wintering Piping Plover

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.

Quest for Banded Birds: An Opportunistic Least Tern
Coast

Quest for Banded Birds: An Opportunistic Least Tern

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.

Quest for Banded Birds: A Long Journey for a Tern and its Fledgling
Coast

Quest for Banded Birds: A Long Journey for a Tern and its Fledgling

A banded Sandwich Tern was spotted at the south end of Wrightsville Beach. Learn how banding birds like this supports bird conservation science .

Chapter of the Month: Highlands Plateau Audubon Society
Chapter Of The Month

Chapter of the Month: Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

For over fifteen years the Pooles have been invaluable volunteers for the Highlands Chapter.

Chapter of the Month: The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society Nest Box Project
Chapter Of The Month

Chapter of the Month: The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society Nest Box Project

Learn how the Highlands Audubon Chapter is monitoring and testing nest boxes for citizen science and bird conservation.

New Volunteer Team Meets in the Mountains
Working Lands

New Volunteer Team Meets in the Mountains

A group of 15 volunteers gathers in in Burnsville to learn more about how to help restore habitat for the Golden-winged Warbler.