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Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife’

Over 3 Thousand Sites and Counting – NC Pollinators, Communities, and Habitats along the Butterfly Highway

By Bates Whitaker | February 28, 2024 | Comments Off on Over 3 Thousand Sites and Counting – NC Pollinators, Communities, and Habitats along the Butterfly Highway

Why is creating a pollinator habitat on your property so important? North Carolina is a state blessed with high biodiversity – from bugling elk in the Great Smoky Mountains to…

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Cultivating Habitat: 10+ Ways to Enhance Your Property for Pollinators

By Bates Whitaker | February 23, 2024 | Comments Off on Cultivating Habitat: 10+ Ways to Enhance Your Property for Pollinators

What are some practical ways you can enhance your property for pollinators? We’ve got you covered. “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty…

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The Wide World of Pollinators – A Look at 5 of NC’s Lesser Known Pollinators

By Bates Whitaker | February 22, 2024 | Comments Off on The Wide World of Pollinators – A Look at 5 of NC’s Lesser Known Pollinators
North Carolina's Lesser Known Pollinators

How well do you know North Carolina’s lesser known pollinators? “All nature seems at work … The bees are stirring–birds are on the wing … and I the while, the…

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Birds, Butterflies, and Cedars – Millennium Forest and Atlantic White Cedar Project

By Bates Whitaker | February 19, 2024 | Comments Off on Birds, Butterflies, and Cedars – Millennium Forest and Atlantic White Cedar Project

Find out more about NC pollinators through NCWF’s March, 2024: March for Pollinators. NCWF, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coastal Program, is working to improve habitat…

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A Wild World of Opportunity: Programs for landowners to fine-tune their properties for wildlife

By Bates Whitaker | February 13, 2024 | Comments Off on A Wild World of Opportunity: Programs for landowners to fine-tune their properties for wildlife

This piece was featured in the Fall 2023 Edition of the NCWF Journal. The age-old adage holds true: if you build it, they will come. And given that more than…

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A Bird’s Eye View – Catch a Live View of Lake Norman’s Famous Ospreys

By Bates Whitaker | January 30, 2024 | Comments Off on A Bird’s Eye View – Catch a Live View of Lake Norman’s Famous Ospreys

Birds of prey – including ospreys – have a special power to catch the eye and interest of all who have the chance to spot them. Their graceful soaring, watchful…

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Hope for a Species: NCWF’s Work Protecting and Conserving Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and Longleaf Pine Habitat

By Bates Whitaker | January 30, 2024 | Comments Off on Hope for a Species: NCWF’s Work Protecting and Conserving Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and Longleaf Pine Habitat

Wild songbirds and butterflies flitted amongst blades of native grasses blown by a southern breeze. Fox squirrels, white-tailed deer, and wild turkeys passed silently among the ranks of longleaf pine…

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Wings of Change: Non-native and Invasive Bird Species in North Carolina

By Bates Whitaker | January 29, 2024 | Comments Off on Wings of Change: Non-native and Invasive Bird Species in North Carolina

Nestled between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina boasts a myriad of bird species that occupy diverse ecosystem types. While most of these resident birds are native…

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Wildflower Wonder: Plant Butterfly Highway Seeds for Pollinators and Wild Birds

By Bates Whitaker | January 18, 2024 | Comments Off on Wildflower Wonder: Plant Butterfly Highway Seeds for Pollinators and Wild Birds

Purchase your Butterfly Highway wildflower seeds now! Spring Is Seeds Season! There is no better way to show your support for North Carolina pollinators, birds, and other wildlife species than…

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Northern Cardinals: Get To Know NC’s Official and Beloved State Songbird

By Bates Whitaker | January 10, 2024 | Comments Off on Northern Cardinals: Get To Know NC’s Official and Beloved State Songbird

There is more to cardinals than a baseball team mascot! The changing seasons bring a kaleidoscope of new colors, shapes, sounds, and life to North Carolina’s natural landscape. Some species…

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