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Bald Head Island Conservancy Interns Host First-Ever Pollinator Palooza
Bald Head Island Conservancy Interns Host First-Ever Pollinator Palooza On June 26, two BHI Conservancy Education Interns, Kate Graber and Ellen Edwards organized the first-ever Pollinator Palooza at the Conservancy. The event took place on Friday of National Pollinator Week. The event was planned with the goal of educating and engaging...
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Glow with the Flow: Bioluminescence on Bald Heads Beaches
Glow with the Flow: Bioluminescence on Bald Heads Beaches Have you ever been on the beach at night and noticed the sand begin to glow as you walk through it, seen flashes of blue as the waves crash against the shore, or even noticed the whitewash of a wave seeming a little brighter than normal? […]
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Fungi on BHI
Fungi on BHI As you walk through Bald Head Island’s beautiful maritime forest, you are likely looking up, admiring the ancient arches of the live oaks and the flitting of songbirds amongst the treetops. This incredible canopy, however, would not be possible without the humble organisms we can only notice by taking a moment to […]
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Wildlife Superlatives
Wildlife Superlatives: Anna Earl, Conservation Intern Alligator Best Smile Did you know: Alligator hearts have 4 chambers just like humans. This allows for more efficient breathing, lung, and blood pressure processes. Deer Always Doe-ing the Most Did you know: 1/10,000 female deer have a high enough testosterone level to grow a pair of spongy...
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High Schoolers Tackle Coastal Conservation on Bald Head Island
High Schoolers Tackle Coastal Conservation on Bald Head Island Ask a high schooler what it takes to protect a coastline, and most of us picture the same thing: a marine biologist in waders, knee-deep in the surf. On March 17, I learned the picture is much bigger than that. The people fighting for our oceans […]
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Witnessing Change: Building an Environmental Relationship with the Island
Witnessing Change: Building an Environmental Relationship with the Island With each visit I made to Bald Head this spring as a creative writing intern for the Conservancy, I could measure the passage of time by shifts in the seasons. In February, heavy rain fell. When I returned a few weeks later, a thick fog shrouded […]
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Reflections From the Field: Julia Serra, Sea Turtle Technician
Reflections From the Field: Julia Serra, Sea Turtle Technician While we eagerly await the return of sea turtle moms on BHI and the start of another great nesting season, I’ve been reflecting on my last summer with the Sea Turtle Protection Team as an intern. I’m looking forward to many more moments spent with these […]
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Mutualisms in the Salt Marsh
Mutualisms in the Salt Marsh When I first lay eyes on the salt marsh on Bald Head Island, the swaths of Spartina grass (Spartina alterniflora) that flank the tidal creek are quiet and tranquil. They undulate ever so slightly with the breeze, a sleepy stretch of sandy gray. Only a few moments into my conversation […]
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Shorebird Season Reminders
Shorebird Season Reminders Bald Head Island is a designated Global Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society, and we are lucky to share the island with over 200 species of birds. Species of special concern including Wilson’s Plovers, Least Terns, and American Oystercatchers use the beaches of BHI as important mating and nesting...
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Sea Turtle Research at the 44th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Hawai‘i
Sea Turtle Research at the 44th International Sea Turtle Symposium in Hawai‘i In late February, Sea Turtle Biologist Paul Hillbrand jetted off to Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi, to attend the 44th Annual International Sea Turtle Symposium (ISTS). He was in attendance presenting two recent research projects on behalf of the BHI Conservancy’s Sea Turtle...
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