Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
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for "Lee, David S."
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4429
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An oil/gas drill site, proposed by the Mobil Oil Corporation on North Carolina's Outer Continental Shelf, is a potential hazard to rare and globally endangered seabirds. The drill site area had been nominated as a globally Important Bird Area. The drill site would also affect the area's ecotourism, as a large birdwatching industry has developed on the Outer Banks. A number of endangered species and described by the author.
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Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society
(NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 115 Issue 4, Winter 1999,
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3591
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The cardinal is one of the most popular of all songbirds. It is a favorite of bird watchers. Seven states use it as their state bird. It appears on many items at Christmas, and twenty-two college and two professional teams use it as their symbol.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 3, Mar 1998,
p24-27, il
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2732
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The prothonotary warbler, a brilliantly colored orange-yellow bird with a distinctive song, summers among the state's coastal woodlands, swamps, and rivers, before returning to Central and South America.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 1, Jan 1996,
p12-15, il
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2891
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Dr. Rowland Shelley, Curator of Invertebrates at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, is one of the world's leading experts on millipedes and centipedes.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 5, May 1996,
p12-15, il, por
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2929
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Although they range all over the country, no bird is more closely associated with the South than the mockingbird, which has the ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 7, July 1996,
p4-9, il
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2952
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While people may not consider them beautiful birds and cringe at their eating habits, vultures are capable of astounding feats of flying and also perform a useful service by disposing of dead animals and plants.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 8, Aug 1996,
p22-27, il
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2460
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Found in swamps and other freshwater habitats in the Sandhills and the Coastal Plain, the cottonmouth moccasin is a dangerous snake and best left alone. The largest eastern cottonmouth ever measured, caught in the Dismal Swamp, was over six feet.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 8, Aug 1995,
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1343
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Three species of the woodland hawk call North Carolina home. Lee takes a look at their migratory and nesting activities in the state.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 1, Jan 1994,
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1465
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A few years ago the osprey neared extinction as eggshell thinning, caused by DDT, reduced populations. Yet once regulations banned the use of pesticides that accumulate in such organisms as fish, on which ospreys feed, populations stabilized.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Mar 1994,
p14-19, il
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1485
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Dinosaur fossils have been discovered along the banks of the Cape Fear River. Lee discusses his lifelong interest in the creatures and relates information about current theories concerning dinosaurs in North Carolina and throughout North America.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 4, Apr 1994,
p21-25, il
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1066
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The alligator, now protected under the Endangered Species Act, has found a home in certain areas of North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 57 Issue 5, May 1993,
p8-12, por
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30028
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The tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) has expanded its range throughout North Carolina and the southeast, despite its reputation has a generally sporadic or irregular breeder. Research shows that land clearing, impoundments and other land use patterns, the reintroduction of beavers, and the use of bluebird boxes by swallows as nest sites appear to have facilitated the expansion.
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Purple martins, the largest, highest-flying, and most popular of the swallow family, are rumored to be effective for controlling mosquitos.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Feb 1992,
p24-27, il
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681
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The ocean sunfish is one of the earth's largest and strangest creatures, and surely the only fish that sunbathes.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 7, July 1992,
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8015
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There are forty-one different kinds of fireflies living in North Carolina. In this country they are commonly called lightning bugs and in others they are glow-worms. These little creatures that twinkle through long summer nights are not flies, bugs, or worms at all but are small flying beetles. Lee relates interesting information about fireflies.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 7, July 1990,
p23-27, il
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