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Birds of a Feather

Spring 2005

Mar 1, 2005

Forecasting Waterspouts: New Service Aims to Increase Safety

The crew had docked at the Olympus Dive Center to refill its scuba air tanks when a waterspout appeared. The sea-spun funnel had formed quickly in the adjacent channel and began to chum on the surface.
FOCUS Nags Head

Mar 1, 2005

VIPS: Friendly Fishing Competition

Baldwin is legally blind and competing in the annual N.C. Lions Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) Fishing Tournament. Each fall, volunteers are paired with legally blind persons for the tournament. Some fish at piers. Others go on head boats into the sounds.
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Mar 1, 2005

Birds of a Feather

And so it is on this brilliant day, that hundreds of birdwatchers make a pilgrimage to the region to witness the seasonal avian spectacle during the fall Wings Over Water Wildlife Celebration known as WOW.