Despite the chilly, gray January weather, it’s actually a decent time to see winter birds that don’t make their home in the Cape Fear region year-round. We explore which birds are moving through the area…
And you can walk into a pet store and buy a parrot – despite the opinion of some bird experts that not only should it not be so easy to procure such a complicated bird, but parrots shouldn’t be bred as there are too many that need currently need a home.
And we’ve all heard the stories about Hurricane Florence damaging homes, shuttering businesses, and slowing down economic growth in the short-term for the Cape Fear region – but what happened to the coastal bird population?
Guests:
Lindsay Addison is a coastal biologist with Audubon North Carolina. She studies pelicans, egrets, herons, terns, skimmers, sand pipers, marsh birds, oystercatchers, ibises, and other coastal water birds.
Amelia Mason is Founder and Director of Skywatch Bird Rescue, a local nonprofit that cares for injured, orphaned and misplaced birds. SkyWatch also seeks to rehabilitate birds and either place them in sanctuaries or return them to the wild.
From SkyWatch Bird Rescue -- Frequently Asked Questions:
http://www.skywatchbirdrescue.org/faq/
From Audubon NC -- Commonly Asked Questions:
http://nc.audubon.org/birds-0/answers-common-questions-about-birds
