Apr 25 2025
Discover the Backyard Birds of North Carolina North Carolina is a wonderful place to become a backyard birdwatcher. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Piedmont and the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the state contains an impressive variety of forests, fields, wetlands, pine woods, gardens, and suburban neighborhoods. More than 400 migratory, wintering, and year-round bird …
May 23 2024
The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is one of the most unusual woodpeckers in North America. Rather than excavating its nesting cavities in dead or decaying trees, this highly specialized bird makes its home almost exclusively inside living pine trees. It depends on mature, open pine forests of the southeastern United States—especially the fire-shaped longleaf pine ecosystem. Known …
