Birding on the Outer Banks: Coastal Forests & Island Sanctuaries
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- Journey by boat to Bird Shoal, the sandy, uninhabited barrier island and best place to see the rare species of plovers skirting the waves
- Explore the last remnants of rare maritime southern pine forests and the shrubby, bog-like pocosins habitats with birding forays with our ornithology experts
- Learn more about the birds of prey with a demonstration from a raptor rehabilitator
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