"Merlin! You just hit record, and it listens. It hears the bird, like a mockingbird ... “We know that from the Appalachians and North Carolina the lower elevations species have increased.

NCpedia states that, until the early 1940s, the colors of the University of North Carolina - blue and white - were generally ...

A spiffy new discovery in your inbox every Wednesday! The app you need is called Merlin Bird ID , and it’s created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. It’s ...

For months, an outbreak of avian flu in the state’s commercial poultry flock has stopped farmers from exporting and trading their birds to some foreign counties.

One great resource for bird vocalizations and visual identification is the Merlin App (Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab on the App Store). I would also encourage new birders to obtain one of the many ...

Robert Willett [email protected] The World Organization for Animal Health this week declared North Carolina’s commercial poultry farms bird flu-free, lifting a months-long suspension of ...

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So in March, she delivered her 18-inch, 2-pound tropical bird to NC State University, where the exotics team at its highly ranked veterinary hospital would try a rare procedure aimed at giving Boo ...

The World Organization for Animal Health this week declared North Carolina’s commercial poultry farms bird flu-free, lifting a months-long suspension of poultry exports, according to a N.C ...

The free app Merlin Bird ID from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology does both. Also free, the Audubon Bird Guide app from the nonprofit conservation group uses visual input to identify birds and ...