10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2015

The first time I agreed to join my fiancé Brian on a joint birding/fly-fishing excursion, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It turns out, fishing and birding are the perfect match. Fly-fishing takes anglers to beautiful freshwater streams and rivers in pristine locations, locations that are usually filled with birds.

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Fish North Carolina Woodpeckers Turkey 180

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Birds in Delaware Bay. Birds in Delaware Bay. Photo: Gregory Breese-USFWS.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

One bird, the authors discovered, flew 5,000 miles nonstop from southern Brazil to North Carolina. Jan van de Kamp is a Dutch wildlife photographer who has previously photographed migrating shorebirds passing through the Yellow Sea for a book called Invisible Connections ; , like this one it seeks too raise public consciousness.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. Raising money? No buying invasive fish from the pet store and tossing them into a pond, where they will grow into behemoths and devour the native species. No balloons.

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Wildlife Agenda North Carolina Raised 253