Biology Students Learn More about the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
On Friday, October 14th, Kerry Brust, a wildlife biologist with the Sandhills Ecological Institute, visited the 9th grade biology classes. She is part of the monitoring of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker population on O'Neal's property, and she talked both about the profession of being a wildlife biologist and about the endangered species she is studying.
The students got to learn about the birds, see how they are banded and tracked, use video equipment to see into their cavities, and we even found a resting flying squirrel that was using a Red-Cockaded Woodpecker cavity during the day. As we go through the year, students will have opportunities to observe the birds and submit data to the Sandhills Ecological Institute to aid in the species’ study. This is a unique opportunity for our students to work closely with our resident endangered bird! The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker has been recorded as inhabiting O'Neal's campus since the 1970's.
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