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Pender County s undeveloped barrier island is an immaculate anomaly Now, it will forever remain that way

Pender County s undeveloped barrier island is an immaculate anomaly Now, it will forever remain that way
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Drones allow scientists a bird s-eye view of seabird colonies

Instead of trekking on foot, a Duke University team used drones to count large seabird colonies on a small island chain off the Falkland Islands.

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Hutaff Island, near Topsail and Figure Eight, to remain untouched

Conservation groups and landowners have worked together to conserve Hutaff Island off the North Carolina coast, according to a news release from Audubon North Carolina. The two-mile long stretch of beach and saltmarsh located near Topsail Beach was one of the last privately owned undeveloped barrier islands in North Carolina. Now, a partnership between the state Audubon organization, N.C. Coastal Land Trust, the Hutaff/McEachern family, and conservation philanthropist Tim Sweeney means that the area will remain undeveloped. It sits in between Topsail Island to the north and Figure Eight Island in New Hanover County to the south. It s important for so many reasons, said Walker Golder, executive director of the Land Trust. It s important for wildlife. It s important for sustainability, for sea level rise. And it s important as a representative habitat. It s important for people.

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A Southerner s Guide to Backyard Winter Birding – Garden & Gun

A Northern cardinal. “People are really noticing the wildlife in their backyards as they spend more time at home,” says Curtis Smalling, a lifelong birder and the director of conservation at Audubon North Carolina. And winter can actually be a great time for seeing avian visitors in the South, from colorful migrant finches to resident titmice to nesting great horned owls and bald eagles. To make the most of the cold season, follow Smalling’s tips on how to set up your feeders and what birds to keep an eye out for. Watch for the finches… In years when food is scarcer due to natural cycles in the boreal forests of Canada and in the high elevation spruce forests in Appalachia, Smalling explains, migratory finches come farther south in greater numbers. And this is one of those years. “Ornithologists in Canada have forecasted a big finch winter,” he says. “We’ve gotten reports of pine siskins and purple finches as far down as Georgia and Alabama, and North Carolina i

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