Record #:

708

Author(s):

Scott, Kay

Abstract:

Unusual names are not the only fascinating things about the herons, egrets, and bitterns that live in our marshes, ponds and wetlands.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Mar 1987, p4-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Herons

Record #:

709

Author(s):

Golder, William Walker; Parnell, James F., Jr.

Abstract:

Wonderfully camouflaged, piping plovers are also extremely rare along our coast, numbering perhaps fewer than sixty birds.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Mar 1987, p22-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Plovers

Record #:

9833

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

Two subspecies of hellbenders have been found in the United States. North Carolina's hellbender lives in the cold mountain streams of the western counties. It is one of the largest salamanders in the western hemisphere and can grow up to 2 and one-half feet in length. It is rarely seen and lives on crayfish, fish, and other foods.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Mar 1987, p2-3, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Salamanders--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

9834

Author(s):

Carter, W. Horace

Abstract:

Carter describes fishing for chain pickerel in the Waccamaw River.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 51 Issue 3, Mar 1987, p13-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishing; Chain pickerel--Waccamaw River