106

Earley, Lawrence S.

Professor Tom Quay's field course on North Carolina's colony-nesting waterbirds is helping enforcement officers protect the species.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 3, Mar 1992, p12-17, il, por Periodical Website

Terns; Birds, Protection of; Quay, Thomas L. (Lavelle), 1914-2012

1224

Ellison, George

North Carolina is playing a crucial role in a new international program, Partners in Flight, which is trying to save dwindling bird species.

Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 40 Issue 3, Sept/Oct 1993, p4-6, 15, il

Birds, Protection of; Endangered species

1381

Earley, Lawrence S.

Neotropical migrant birds, commonly referred to as songbirds, are facing a grim future owing to, among other factors, loss of habitat in North America.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 2, Feb 1994, p4-9 Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Birds--Migration

1382

Saxon, John L.

Each June, North Carolina volunteers listen for bird calls to help chart long-term bird population trends.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 2, Feb 1994, p10-13, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Bird populations

1383

Venters, Vic

While many factors seem to affect quail populations in the Southeast, the reduction of insects may be limiting the quail's brood habitat.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 2, Feb 1994, p14-19, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Quail

2834

Cecelski, David

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, demands by hat makers for plumage and restaurants for bird meat brought near extinction to coastal flocks. Efforts by T. Gilbert Pearson and others led to conservation laws that restored the birds by World War II.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Mar/Apr 1996, p20-23, il, por

Birds, Protection of; Wildlife conservation--Laws and legislation; Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943

3589

Foushee, Rodney

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.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 3, Mar 1998, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Wildlife reintroduction--North Carolina, Eastern; Bald eagle--North Carolina, Eastern

3594

Foushee, Rodney

With populations of a number of songbirds in decline, state biologists are participating in the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program. Demographic data will help explain the decline as well as provide data on conserving birds.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 2, Feb 1998, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Bird populations

3691

Manning, Phillip

The growth of coastal development threatens colonies of birds by disrupting their nesting. In 1979, the National Audubon Society created the North Carolina Coastal Island Sanctuary. Today, nineteen mostly man-made islands stretch from Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear, providing havens for birds.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 6, June 1998, p18-23, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; North Carolina Coastal Island Sanctuary

3738

Sharpe, Bill

North Carolina Partners in Flight, which started in 1993 with Mark Johns as state coordinator, is part of an international effort to maintain migratory bird populations. It seeks to accomplish this through habitat protection, education, management, and professional training.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 5, May 1998, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Birds--Migration

4849

Vega, Cynthia Henderson

Migratory birds face a number of dangers, both natural and manmade. One adversity coastal fishermen report is bird entanglement in fishing nets. A project funded by a North Carolina Fisheries Resource Grant is investigating whether submerged nets will catch fewer birds than floating ones.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Holiday 2000, p25, il

Birds, Protection of; Birds--Migration

5217

Manning, Phillip

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.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 66 Issue 4, Apr 2002, p6-11, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Bird populations; Wildlife management

7224

Cameron, Jamie

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.

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 69 Issue 6, June 2005, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Birds, Protection of; Water birds

7566

Farrow, Roger; Rollinson, Bobby; Austin, Raymond; Baum, Wayne

Cape Hatteras National Seashore naturalist Clay Gifford discusses the effect of litter on wildlife. Many people who litter along the beaches or in natural areas often do not realize the harm they are creating for wildlife. Among the items Gifford considers a menace to wildlife are monofilament fishing line, plastic six-pack bottle holders, paper from Polaroid films, and cans. Birds can be ensnared, strangled, or poisoned by these items.

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Spring 1976, p36-37, il

Birds, Protection of; Litter (Trash)

8245

Westbrook, Kathy Grant

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.

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

Birds, Protection of; Endangered species; Waterfowl