WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY-TV) – There is a peace that many birds like the brown pelican and white ibis find along the Cape Fear River.
Lindsay Addison, a biologist with the Audubon Society, an organization that protects birds and their habitats, said 30% of the state’s coastal waterbirds nest on the Cape Fear River. But these nesting birds are under threat.
“These islands are subject to extreme wave energy from the passage of these large cargo ships,” Addison said…