Wildlife Commission Works to Protect Eastern Black Rail

Wildlife Commission works to protect Eastern Black Rail

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking for public feedback on a management plan that’s been developed to save the Eastern Black Rail.

View from Sapsucker Woods: Studies of Declines Contain Blueprints for Recovery

Bachman’s Sparrow in North Carolina. Photo by Matthew Addicks / Macaulay Library. From the Summer 2025 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. More From Living BirdLiving Bird Summer 2025—Table Of ContentsLiving Bird Magazine—Latest IssueLiving Bird Magazine Archives If you haven’t already, I urge you to read the 2025 State of the Birds report for the United States. It’s a monumental collaborative effort by more than a dozen U.S. bird orga…

Plan would address threatened eastern black rails' habitat loss

Eastern black rails, such as this pair pictured on the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s proposed management plan cover, stay concealed, close to the ground in the highest part of brackish, saltwater and inland freshwater marshes — habitat that’s in trouble, biologists say. Photo: Christy Hand, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. There was a time when the distinctive “kiki-do” call of eastern black rails were a common so…