Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
reptiles, frogs, birds, and mammals, noting negative impacts on growth, reproduction, and neurobehavior.
3.3.7 Additional Information 3.3.7.1 North Carolina
The NC Bird Atlas (https://ncbirdatlas.org) is a statewide community science project sponsored by the NCWRC to map birds during the breeding and wintering seasons. The Atlas is a data collection portal associated with Cornell Labs’ eBird program. eBird is a worldwide online platform for birdwatchers to document their sightings and observations, allowing birdwatchers to organize and share information about their sightings in one place. Observation records entered into the Atlas are merged with data entered into other eBird portals to provide distribution, abundance, and potential breeding bird information that can be searched to find information relevant to North Carolina. Audubon has identified 95 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in North Carolina, 30 of which are recognized as globally important. The IBA program is a global effort to identify and conserve areas that are vital to birds and other biodiversity. The IBA reports associated with each site provide a description of habitats available and a list of species occurring in the IBA, identifies threats likely to impact the site or species, and provides recommendations for conservation action. Figure 3 .3.7 -1 in Appendix 3 includes a map of IBAs for North Carolina and a list of IBAs; additional information is available online at http://netapp.audubon.org/iba/Reports. Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) are ecologically distinct regions in North America with similar bird communities, habitats, and resource management issues within their boundaries (NABCI 2021). A map of BCR regions for North Carolina is provided in Figure 3.3.7-1 ( Appendix 3 ) and is available online at https://www.birdscanada.org/bird-science/nabci-bird-conservation-regions. The Carolina Bird Club (http://www.carolinabirdclub.org) maintains well-documented records of birds in North and South Carolina, and through a quarterly ornithological journal, The Chat , publishes scientific articles, reports of bird counts, and general notes about bird sightings. An online searchable database of material published in The Chat provides occurrence data spanning 1971 to present day. 3.3.7.2 National Road to Recovery (R2R) is an independently funded enterprise focused on the recovery of the most rapidly declining birds in the United States and Canada by supporting species-focused teams. The four guiding principles are: 1) a focus on proactive recovery of species; 2) integration of social and biological sciences: 3) co-production of sustainable solutions; and, 4) engagement and empowerment of species working groups. R2R uses data in the Avian Conservation Assessment Database (ACAD) to assess urgency so that efforts and resources can be focused on the recovery of species listed as Tipping Point species. Tipping Point species are those that require immediate,
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