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Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1960 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl, primarily the greater snow goose.It is located almost entirely on Knotts Island in the Currituck Sound between Back Bay in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the open sound in North Carolina.
The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is a 152,000-acre (620 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast.It was established on March 14, 1984, to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type—the pocosin—and its associated wildlife species.
According to the Trewartha climate classification system, Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers, cool winters and year-around precipitation (Cfak). Cfak climates are characterized by all months having an average mean temperature > 32.0 °F (> 0.0 °C), at least eight months ...
The bird is particularly fond of Atlantic white cedar trees, which were historically harvested for use in the shingle industry. According to the petition, there may have once been half-a-million ...
The viruses are natural among aquatic birds, including “ducks, geese, gulls, terns, cormorants, and pelicans.” Some migrating shorebirds (plovers and sandpipers) are also vulnerable, the park ...
A spectacle is underway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and it’s playing out largely when tourists aren’t around to be awed. Photos shared by the National Park Service show birds are ...
Waterfowl flyways in the United States. The Atlantic Flyway is in violet. The Atlantic Flyway is a major north-south flyway for migratory birds in North America. The route generally starts in Greenland, then follows the Atlantic coast of Canada, then south down the Atlantic Coast of the United States to the tropical areas of South America and the Caribbean. [1]
Here the rare piping plover and other beach-nesting birds raise their young, so public access is limited or even entirely prohibited at times. Great blue heron The beach areas provide fragile ecosystems for birds whose populations have already been impacted by development, so Holgate is closed to all public during the nesting season; Little ...