South Carolina

Abby Burke

Coastal Stewardship Coordinator
About

Abby earned her bachelor's degree from Salve Regina University with a double major in Environmental Studies and Cultural and Historic Preservation. She has worked as a shorebird/sea turtle biologist with the National Park Service mostly on her home turf of Cape Cod, MA but also at Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores in NC. Her experience includes patrolling beaches for threatened and endangered shorebirds, identifying shorebird behavior, utilizing remote cameras, erecting enclosures to protect nests and colonies, banding shorebirds, training interns and volunteers, and conducting non-breeding bird surveys.  In her free time, Abby enjoys traveling, hiking, and mountain biking.

Articles by Abby Burke

From Coastal Carolina to Canada, Check Out this Endangered Shorebird's Journey
August 18, 2026 — After spotting a captive-reared Piping Plover on our southern shores, an Audubon biologist visited Canada to learn about the hemispheric conservation efforts to protect her.