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| Nestbox Monitoring |
| The Birdhouse Network, a continentwide monitoring program, is conducted by citizen scientists of all ages across North America. Participants monitor nest boxes and collect valuable information about clutch size, calcium use, nest-site selection, and feathers used in nest building. Particpants learn about birds and science in an exciting "hands on" approach, while observing the lives of birds up close. |
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| As part of a Parks Challenge Grant, Mecklenburg Audubon Society works with the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department to put up and monitor nest boxes on the county nature preserves and Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge. For more information contact Don Seriff. |
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| International Migratory Bird Day |
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| Each year MAS teams up with Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department to celebrate the return of the neotropic migrants by leading birdwalks around the country and participating in the IMB bird count. |
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| Mt. Island Important Bird Area |
| Established in October 1999 the Mountain Island Lake Important Bird Area, one of first five dedicated in North Carolina, includes over 4,000 acres of protected shoreline in Mecklenburg, Gaston, and Lincoln Counties. Duke Power owns nearly 1,000 acres of the IBA. Over 203 species of birds have been documented at Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge alone, including 57 species of neotropical migrants. Of these, 23 species of neotropical migrants breed on |
Duck Cove,
Cowan's Ford
Wildlife Refuge
Part of the
Mountian Island Lake IBA. |
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| the refuge and in the surrounding forests. During fall and winter, the area is a migratory stopover and wintering area for thousands of waterfowl that gather on the lake, river and ponds. |
| Mountain Island Lake
IBA was designated because of its extensive bottomland hardwood
forests and its rich diversity of migratory songbirds
and wintering waterfowl. The IBA starts at the Cowan's
Ford dam and extends south to the Gar Creek inlet on Mountain
Island Lake. A MAPS bird banding station will begin its
sixth year at Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge. |
| Mountain Island Lake IBA Fact Sheet. For
more information about Important Birds Areas in North
Carolina - Nationally. |
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| Evergreen Nature Preserve |
| After working hard to save this urban forest from being turned into soccer fields, Mecklenburg Audubon has committed to working with the Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department and the community surrounding the preserve to continue to manage this property. The chapter regularly conducts field trips, birds counts and work days in the preserve. |
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