Discoveries Splendid Isolation A guide to the birds of Masonboro Island Visitors to the island can spot more than 250 species of birds, some that stay all year and some that migrate with the season. There are also shrub thickets, maritime forest, dredge deposit areas, grasslands, sand dunes and ocean beach. Over 250 species of birds have been sighted on Masonboro Island and its surrounding waters.
Numbers are greatest in the spring and fall when migrating birds pass through the area.
This may differ from the status in the adjacent mainland of Eastern North Carolina. Sometimes species will be seen at times of the year not indicated. Species may occasionally occur in habitats not indicated. PR T Go to the previous story or return to the main index.