Record details

• ISBN: 0762731346
• ISBN: 9780762731343
• Physical Description: xii, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
• Edition: First edition
• Publisher: Guilford, CN : Globe Pequot Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

When to Go Birding 3 -- What to Wear 4 -- Essentials for a Successful Birding Trip 4 -- Where to Stay 6 -- Field Hazards 6 -- Birding Ethics 7 -- North Carolina's Varied Environments 8 -- Topography 8 -- Climate 10 -- Habitats 10 -- Birds of North Carolina's Varied Environments 17 -- Seasons 18 -- Migration 18 -- Coastal Plain -- 1 Sunset Beach 23 -- 2 Fort Fisher State Recreation Area 26 -- 3 Green Swamp Preserve and Lake Waccamaw State Park 29 -- 4 Croatan National Forest 32 -- 5 Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge 36 -- 6 Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge 41 -- 7 Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge 46 -- 8 Cape Hatteras National Seashore 50 -- 9 Gulf Stream Pelagic Birding 55 -- 10 Ocracoke Island 57 -- 11 Merchants Millpond State Park 61 -- 12 Roanoke River 64 -- 13 Greenville Area 68 -- 14 Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center 71 -- 15 Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve 74 -- Piedmont -- 16 Jordan Lake State Recreation Area 79 -- 17 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, Ritter Park, and Swift Creek Bluffs 84 -- 18 William B. Umstead State Park 88 -- 19 Falls Lake State Recreation Area 91 -- 20 Eno River State Park 95 -- 21 Duke Forest 97 -- 22 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 100 -- 23 Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge 103 -- 24 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Area 107 -- 25 Greensboro Municipal Reservoirs 111 -- 26 Salem Lake 114 -- 27 Riverbend Park and Lower Lake Hickory 116 -- Mountains -- 28 Blue Ridge Parkway North 121 -- 29 New River 124 -- 30 Amphibolite Mountains and Elk Knob Game Land and State Natural Area 127 -- 31 Moses Cone and Julian Price Memorial Parks 132 -- 32 Linville Gorge and Surrounding Area 135 -- 33 Roan Mountain 139 -- 34 Mount Mitchell State Park 142 -- 35 Big Ivy, Craggy Gardens, and Balsam Gap 145 -- 36 Blue Ridge Parkway from Craven Gap to Lane Pinnacle 149 -- 37 Max Patch Road and Environs 152 -- 38 Lakes of the Southern Mountains 155 -- 39 Jackson Park 159 -- 40 Davidson River and Pink Beds 163 -- 41 Devil's Courthouse and Black Balsam 167 -- 42 Heintooga Spur Road and Nearby Parkway Locations 170 -- 43 Stecoah Gap 174 -- 44 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and Cherohala Skyway 176 -- Appendix A North Carolina Specialty Birds 179 -- Appendix B Official North Carolina State Bird List 192 -- Appendix C American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics 198 -- Appendix D North Carolina Birding, Bird Conservation Organizations, and Programs 200 -- Appendix E Rare Bird Alerts 201 -- Appendix F Additional Resources for Birding in North Carolina 202.

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Bird watching > North Carolina > Guidebooks.
Environmental education.
North Carolina > Guidebooks.

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Guidebooks.

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