Record #:

8245

Author(s):

Westbrook, Kathy Grant

Abstract:

Mike and Ali Lubbock founded the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl 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. Sylvan Heights contains around 3,000 birds and 170 species, including 30 species that cannot be seen in any other collection or zoo in North America.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 6, Nov 2006, p32-34, 35-36, il, por

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Endangered species; Waterfowl