SOME GOOD CONSERVATION NEWS: WOOD STORKS HAVE RECOVERED. ARE BEING DELISTED UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

February 20, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Storks are creatures of folklore. As North America’s only native stork, when Europeans arrived, wood storks assumed the role of baby delivery from White Storks. This celebrity status did not protect them. Populations plunged from 20,000 nesting pairs in the 1930s to less than 5,000 pairs by the 1970s. Almost all nesting in the Everglades […]

WINGS OVER WATER WILDLIFE FESTIVAL, OUTER BANKS, NORTH CAROLINA

February 8, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Sunset On Milltail Lake, Alligator River NWR

“The annual Wings Over Water festival is held each October to celebrate the wildlife and environment of coastal North Carolina. This wildlife festival includes over 90 trips & programs involving birding, paddling, photography, art, and natural history, and helps raise funds for local National Wildlife Refuges.” Ann and I attended the 2022 festival. Even though Ann […]