Audubon North Carolina

Nestled between Figure Eight Island and Topsail Beach, Hutaff Island boasts miles of pristine, undeveloped beaches. Through a purchase by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, it will eternally remain a haven for coastal wildlife.

Migratory birds have enjoyed federal protection since 1918 under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The law makes it illegal to capture, kill, trade, or…

Fifty years ago, the insecticide DDT nearly wiped out pelicans. Today, four- to five-thousand pairs nest in North Carolina – about a quarter of them on…

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.…

It was just last month that Bald Head Island completed the installation of the first terminal groin in North Carolina since the state lifted the ban on…

Oystercatchers, Black Skimmers, Least Terns, Willets, and Common Terns. They’re all shore birds. They’re all listed as species of special concern in North…