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Good news for the Wood Stork

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Since listing, sound science, work towards habitat protection, acquisition and restoration and regulatory reforms its range has expanded north and west, and now includes portions of North Carolina and Mississippi, with significant nesting in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

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The Grand Old Hawkwatch of the South

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It has earned the right to stand among the big boys, and is well worth your time should you find yourself in western South Carolina on a windy September day. I was leading a field trip with a dozen intrepid souls. The trip list at this site was low, but the total biomass was high in that way that good hawkwatches are.

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Knowing your Cutlery Birds

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You Yankees may have your nesting warblers and winter finches, but in the sunny south we are wild with waders, which have the advantage of not only being generally gaudier, but much much easier to photograph. And there were a couple of them recently reported down at the southern tip of North Carolina, so I had to go and have a look.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).

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Montezuma Winery: Carbonated Rhubarb Wine

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“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an eastern direction beyond the State of North Carolina. He once obtained a specimen in full plumage about ten miles north of Charleston.

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7 State Parks for Fall Colors and Birding

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Considered ‘undeveloped’ as a park, the habitat diversity here is some of the best in North America. Grandfather Mountain State Park, North Carolina. Table Rock State Park, South Carolina. There are 2,037 acres to explore, including miles of abandoned logging roads and hiking trails. Barred Owl. Ruffed Grouse.

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In defense of county listing

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My latest, and ongoing, project, akin in some ways to a Big Year, is the Carolina Century Project , in which I try to accumulate at least 100 species in as many of North and South Carolina’s combined 146 counties as I can. This has been a challenging, but immensely fun, endeavor. State tick!

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