As temperatures drop, new birds are flocking to North Carolina to spend their winters in the region. Winter birds plus our year-round familiar favorites, like the vibrant Northern Cardinal and Blue ...
Coastal refuges and farmlands welcome migratory birds, but climate change poses a threat. Each winter, North Carolina’s coastal wildlife refuges welcome tens of thousands of migrating birds, including ...
The American Ornithological Society, the worldwide birding organization that standardizes bird names across the Americas, will rename all species of birds that have been named after people, the group ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared 21 bird species extinct last week, including a migratory songbird that spent significant time in North Carolina. A Carolina bird through and through, it was ...
A non-native plant is known to poison — and often kill — hundreds of birds in North Carolina each winter. It’s an invasive plant originally from Asia. Their gorgeous red berries look like great bird ...
The Black Rail, a coastal marsh bird, is one of the most threatened species in North Carolina. Christy Hand, SCDNR If a shy, mouse-sized bird disappears from North Carolina’s marshes, will anyone ...
A non-native plant is known to poison — and often kill — hundreds of birds in North Carolina each winter. Nandina domestica, often known as Heavenly Bamboo, is often used in yard landscaping, and you ...