Record #:

9871

Author(s):

Earley, Lawrence S.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 53 Issue 8, Aug 1989, p4-9, il

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of; Ibises--Battery Island