Red-winged Blackbird vocalizing.
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Pine Island lodge. Photo: Sydney Walsh/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
Pine Island Year in Review: Habitat and Infrastructure Upgrades Prepare Sanctuary for the Future
November 12, 2025 — This year we made significant updates to make the sanctuary more resilient and improve habitat.
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Short-billed Dowitcher. Photo: Sydney Walsh/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, Chapters Join Global Wildlife Tracking Network to Help Birds
November 12, 2025 — NC chapters are taking advantage of an easy and affordable way to get involved in cool bird science, and it’s paying off.
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Container ship passing a bird nesting island on the Cape Fear River. Photo: Lindsay Addison/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
Proposed Wilmington Port Expansion is Bad News for Birds and People
October 23, 2025 — The proposal would exacerbate erosion at nesting sanctuaries while providing no economic benefit.
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American Oystercatcher. Photo: Lorraine Minns/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Photography Awards
Resilience Projects will Test Shoreline Protection on the Cape Fear River
October 14, 2025 — Learn how you can support this project and help nesting waterbirds.
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Hermit Thrush on American Beautyberry. Photo: Sujata Roy/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Photography Awards
Celebrate Native Plants Week by Getting Your Hands Dirty
October 07, 2025 — New state policies boost native plants; join the movement by planting natives this fall.
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Scarlet Tanager.
How the Roadless Rule Protects North Carolina’s Forests and Birds
September 26, 2025 — The Roadless Rule safeguards important public lands for people and birds; you can help save it.
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Anji (left) and Blair (right) banding an AMOY chick. Photo: Lindsay Addison/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
A Record-Breaking Summer for Oystercatchers, Stewards at Coastal Sanctuaries
September 16, 2025 — We banded more oystercatchers and had more beach bird stewards than ever before at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s coastal nesting sanctuaries in North Carolina.
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Wood Ducks
Inside Look: Restored Pond and Waterway at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Pine Island Sanctuary
September 12, 2025 — NC Land and Water Fund-supported project already welcoming back birds.
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Roosting swifts.
You’re Invited: Witness the Magic of Swift Migration
August 26, 2025 — ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ chapters are hosting Swift Night Out watch parties across the state.
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A dead Blackpoll Warbler, victim of a glass collision. Photo: Sydney Walsh/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ
Here’s How You Can Help the Millions of Birds that will Pass Through NC this Fall
August 18, 2025 — Artificial lights at night can disorient birds, leading to fatal building collisions.
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