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10056
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Mike and Ali Lubbock founded the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park and Eco-Center in Scotland Neck in Halifax County in 1989. Covering about nine acres, the center boasts the largest collection of waterfowl in the world and is a conservation and research orientated center for birds, especially rare and endangered waterfowl. The center contains about 1,000 birds representing over 170 species from six continents.
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35780
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Places in Dare County like Colington Island and the village of Duck offered haven for many creatures of the two legged variety. A book cited by Murray, John Lawson’s A New Voyage to Carolina (1709), also made mention of the Merlins and Swaddle-bills who inspired the first flight made almost two centuries later.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 7 Issue 7, Nov/Dec 1979, p4S-6S
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1383
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While many factors seem to affect quail populations in the Southeast, the reduction of insects may be limiting the quail's brood habitat.
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3589
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The bald eagle was nearly eradicated in the state by the 1970s. Habitat destruction, human encroachment, and DDT had devastated the population. Wildlife reintroduction efforts have restored the bird to thirteen counties.
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12099
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In the 19th-century birds colliding with lighthouses died in significant numbers, sometimes as high as three hundred in a single night. Bolen discusses how C.H. Merriam's work on this problem eventually led to the formation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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38169
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Once a town has been established as a bird sanctuary, deeds such as erecting feeding stations, planting fruit bearing shrubs, and discouraging disruptive behavior can help your town become a real sanctuary.
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7224
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North Carolina has twenty-five species of nesting colonial water birds. Many, including herons, egrets, ibises, pelicans, skimmers, gulls, and terns, breed on the state's barrier islands and nearby ocean fronts. Some colonies are faring well; others face an uncertain future. Competition with people for prime beach real estate affects the flocks' habitats. Surveys of the birds' nestings began in 1976-1977. Cameron discusses how several of the species are surviving.
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106
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Professor Tom Quay's field course on North Carolina's colony-nesting waterbirds is helping enforcement officers protect the species.
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36164
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A physically and economically feasible solution for the decrease of forests: bird boxes. Among the species that could make this structure for the birds were bluebirds and Carolina wrens.
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1382
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Each June, North Carolina volunteers listen for bird calls to help chart long-term bird population trends.
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9871
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Two species of ibis have settled on Battery Island in the Cape Fear River--the white ibis and the glossy ibis. Around 9,000 pairs of white ibises nest there. Glossy ibis are rare in the state and only a dozen pairs were found there. Battery Island is leased from the state by the Audubon Society and is a protected sanctuary, one unit in Audubon's North Carolina Coastal Sanctuary System.
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38142
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Pictured parrots such as the South American Macaw have a reputation at Sylvan Heights Bird Park that's seemingly oxymoron by nature. Beauty can be perceived in their multi-colored plumage. The on-site perches and benches are vulnerable to their beaks and talons’ destructive potential.
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8405
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The bald eagle is making a comeback in North Carolina. Only one eagle was spotted in the state during 1982, compared to thirteen in 1985. A state ban on the pesticide DDT and the eagle's designation as a protected species are reasons for the bird's population growth. Dr. Richard Brown of the Carolina Raptor Center in Charlotte believes the state can do more. One of the biggest dangers to the state's bald eagles is ignorant hunters. Dr. Brown believes that the state should, as some states do, require a bird identification test before granting a gun license. Dr. Brown also advocates a reward system, under which private companies would grant money for any information on illegal hunting practices. Rewards up to $20,000 would provide sufficient motivation in turning over poachers, claims Dr. Brown.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 52 Issue 11, Apr 1985, p19, il
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5217
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Loss of habitats threatens bird populations worldwide. In the 1980s, Birdlife International began a program to identify and protect important bird areas in Europe. The program reached the United States in 1995, and North Carolina launched its program in 1998. To date nearly 90 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been designated across the state. Though no legal protection is granted by IBA recognition, still it is a blueprint for wildlife conservation.
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25520
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Researchers track golden-winged warblers from Western North Carolina to Central America to better understand this disappearing species. Research findings from the study shows that the loss in population is due to the disappearance of shrubby habitats. The loss in the Appalachian region is in part due to the conversion of agricultural lands to residential areas, changes in grazing practices to favor higher cattle densities, and land use for Christmas tree production.
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