Migratory Birds

Sunset at Lake Mattamuskeet in January 2024.

Lake Mattamuskeet chemical treatment moving forward despite worries about its effects on birds

Celeste Gracia

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use a chemical to improve water quality in Lake Mattamuskeet. Conservationists worry it will harm birds at North Carolina's largest freshwater lake.

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Conservationists worry proposed chemical treatment will harm migratory birds at Lake Mattamuskeet

Celeste Gracia

Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest natural freshwater lake in North Carolina. The lake has experienced declining water quality for decades, leading to harmful algal blooms. A proposal would address these algal blooms using a chemical treatment.

A brown and white Ovenbird sits on a tree branch with leaves in front of a blurred green background

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Migrating birds are getting lost in lights from North Carolina cities and towns

Sophie Mallinson

As the fall migration season ramps up, Audubon North Carolina is encouraging people to help make night skies darker for migrating birds.

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Raleigh City Lights Go Out To Protect Songbirds' Migration South

Cole del Charco

Non-essential city building lights in Raleigh will be shut off each night from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. through the end of November to help with bird migration.

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Migratory Birds You Might Only See (Or Hear) This Week

Grant Holub-Moorman

Long-distance travellers are stopping through North Carolina this week. Despite weighing as much as a triple-A battery, the Blackpoll Warbler annually…

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Migratory Birds You Might Only See (Or Hear) This Week

Grant Holub-Moorman

Long-distance travellers are stopping through North Carolina this week. Despite weighing as much as a triple-A battery, the Blackpoll Warbler annually…