Eastern Towhee. Photo: Calli Cook/Audubon Photography Awards
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Welcoming New Conservation Director John DeLuca to the North Carolina Flock
March 24, 2026 — DeLuca joins Audubon after protecting birds and the places they need in North Carolina and across the country for more than two decades.
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Advocacy Day 2025. Photo: Liz Condo
Advocacy Day 2026
March 23, 2026 — Complete these steps now to confirm your participation in Audubon North Carolina’s 2026 Advocacy Day on Wednesday, May 27.
NORTH CAROLINA Policy & Advocacy
Living shoreline instillation. Photo: Brittany Salmons/Audubon
Audubon, Partners Install Living Shorelines on River Islands in Time for Nesting Birds
March 17, 2026 — The living shorelines will decrease erosion on Cape Fear River bird nesting islands, but we need your help to protect parents and chicks on the beach.
NORTH CAROLINA Coasts and Oceans
Purple Martin. Photo: Keith Kingdon/Audubon Photography Awards
Flip the Light Switch for Birds this Spring
March 17, 2026 — Millions of birds are hitting the skies to return to their breeding grounds. You can help them by making the skies darker at night.
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Barred Owl. Photo: Scott Suriano/Audubon Photography Awards
Chapters Gather in Winston-Salem to Share Conservation Successes
March 11, 2026 — Together we celebrated projects with hemispheric reach, notable anniversaries, bird-friendly community wins, and more.
NORTH CAROLINA Audubon Chapters
Golden-winged Warbler. Photo: Rick Nirschl/iNaturalist CC BY-NC 4.0
New Data Reveals Golden-winged Warbler Migration Mysteries
February 17, 2026 — Audubon and partners pioneered how we study Golden-wings. The data is still contributing to our understanding of these unique birds.
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Clockwise from top left: Forsyth Audubon with Senator Steve Jarvis. Photo: Liz Condo; Curtis Smalling leading a bird walk during the leadership conference. Photo: Gabrielle Saleh/Audubon; Brown Pelican chick. Photo: Brittany Salmons/Audubon; Audubon North
Top Wins for Birds in 2025
December 03, 2025 — From restoring important habitat to advocating for lasting change at the NC legislature, here’s all that we accomplished for birds this year.
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Pine Island lodge. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon
Pine Island Year in Review: Habitat and Infrastructure Upgrades Prepare Sanctuary for the Future
November 12, 2025 — This year we made significant updates to make the sanctuary more resilient and improve habitat.
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Short-billed Dowitcher. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon
Audubon, Chapters Join Global Wildlife Tracking Network to Help Birds
November 12, 2025 — NC chapters and our Pine Island Sanctuary are taking advantage of an easy and affordable way to get involved in cool bird science, and it’s paying off.
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Container ship passing a bird nesting island on the Cape Fear River. Photo: Lindsay Addison/Audubon
Proposed Wilmington Port Expansion is Bad News for Birds and People
October 23, 2025 — The proposal would exacerbate erosion at nesting sanctuaries while providing no economic benefit.
NORTH CAROLINA Policy & Advocacy