Record #:

38130

Author(s):

Hamlet, Ashley

Abstract:

This avian sanctuary offers more than shelter for a myriad of water and land fowl. For North Carolina and Virginia’s public school students, it has become a popular field trip destination. On a higher education note, East Carolina University and Sylvan Heights are collaborating in endangered species conservation and research opportunities. Individuals of all ages can partake in its other educational endeavors: festivals, guided tours, conservation and research talks, field sketching workshops, and birding trips.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 5, October/November 2018, p58-60 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park (Scotland Neck); Sylvan Heights Bird Park (Scotland Neck); Waterfowl conservation; Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge; Birding sites; Birdwatching; East Carolina University ; Conservation of wildlife; Ornithology

Record #:

25659

Author(s):

Hardy, Susan

Abstract:

Ty Hendrick, a UNC assistant professor of biology, studies flight principles based on birds and hawkmoths. Hendrick and his lab are specifically interested in understanding how animals use their wings to turn around when they are upright in the air.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Fall 2009, p21-23, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research; Ornithology

Record #:

36154

Author(s):

Sloatman, Frederick L.

Abstract:

A life ended at thirty-six exuded influence spanning two centuries: a city park, street, creek, and bridge named for him. Evidence perhaps obscure, though, was produced during his lifetime: John Lawson’s History of North Carolina (1705).

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Nov 1998, p21-26

Subject(s):

Lawson, John, 1674-1712; Birds in literature--Elizabethan Era; North Carolina History; Ornithology; Graffenried, Christoph von, Baron, 1661-1743; Bath--History; New Bern--History; Craven County--History

Record #:

21500

Author(s):

Simpson, Marcus B.

Abstract:

In 1809, the father of American ornithology Alexander Wilson took a tour of the South, including North Carolina, to collect information about local birds and drum up subscribers for his extensive and costly book series, 'American Ornithology.' His success in both collecting bird data and subscribers in the South all but assured the success of the book series.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 63 Issue 4, Oct 1986, p421-476 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ornithology; North Carolina--Birds; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813

Record #:

21254

Author(s):

Simpson, Marcus B.; Simpson, Sallie W.

Abstract:

Contrary to ideas that no serious zoological studies were conducted in North Carolina until after the Civil War, there is considerable evidence that Reverend Moses Ashley Curtis was the first modern scholar of animal life in the State. Although known mostly for his studies in botany, Curtis' earliest ornithological investigations began almost 30 years before the Civil War and almost 50 years before the well-known studies by John S. Carins and the Brimleys. Appendices include lists of North Carolina Birds.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 2, April 1983, p137-170, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Birds; Curtis, M.A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872; Ornithology