Twin Lakes

Location:  Brunswick County             Total Size:  134 acres

Site Description: This site consisted of two freshwater ponds bounded residential development and a golf course, and adjacent salt marsh.  This is an unusual IBA because of its small size and location, but it has North Carolina's only regularly-occurring gathering of Wood Storks.  The storks rest and roost in the trees bordering the freshwater ponds and the travel to the nearby saltmarsh to forage.

Habitats: freshwater pond, saltmarsh

Land Use: residential development, recreation

Primary Threats: human disturbance, residential/commercial development, recreational development/overuse

Protection Status: The site is in private ownership and is not afforded protection.

Conservation Issues:  The ponds, surrounding trees, water quality, hydrology and a sufficient buffer zone should be maintained.

Birds: This is the only site in North Carolina where Wood Storks occur regularly. The species does not nest at this site and is not known to nest in North Carolina.

Key Bird Species

Criteria

  

Season

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1 Wood Stork S, F 30-45  
         

B=Breeding    FM=Fall Migration     SM=Spring Migration     W=Winter