Hardy birders, volunteers, aspiring community scientists, photographers and others will soon have their chance to count birds on Ocracoke and Portsmouth islands to improve understanding of bird life trends that have implications for all.
Portsmouth Village
Homecoming: Portsmouth Island descendants set to gather
The Friends of Portsmouth Island and Cape Lookout National Seashore are expecting hundreds for the event that happens every two years and this year includes a celebration of the 1894 U.S. Life-Saving Station here.
Event marks Portsmouth Village’s role in Middle Passage
Those who spoke during a ceremony held Saturday to dedicate markers designating Portsmouth as a port of entry for captive Africans said recognizing our troubled past can bring understanding, hope.
Portsmouth middle passage marker to be unveiled June 10
New research has found documents confirming that Portsmouth Village was a middle passage arrival site, meaning it was directly involved in the trans-Atlantic human trade.
Portsmouth recognized as Port of Middle Passage Route
The dedication ceremony is free for the public and will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shell Point, across from the Harkers Island Visitor Center.
Portsmouth Village welcomes descendants for homecoming
More than 400 recently made their way to Portsmouth Island to remember their ancestors while celebrating community.
‘Portsmouth Rises’ theme of island village’s homecoming
A celebration is planned to recognize Portsmouth’s recovery after Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the cancellation of homecoming in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Christmas bird counts set for Ocracoke, Portsmouth
Christmas Bird Counts will be held on Portsmouth Dec. 30 and Ocracoke Dec. 31 and will be entered into the NC Bird Atlas, in its first of a five-year project to gather information about the state’s bird populations.
Birders Count Portsmouth’s Avian Population
Ocracoke Observer’s Peter Vankevich, birders and National Park Service staff made their way to Portsmouth village to identify and count birds for Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count.
Portsmouth Village Reopens to Public
The National Park Service has reopened Portsmouth Village to visitors after being closed because of flooding from Hurricane Maria in late September.
Portsmouth Steward Dave Frum Retires
Dave Frum, the National Park Service’s part-time caretaker of Portsmouth Village for the last 28 years, has retired.
Mysterious Squid Washes Up on Portsmouth
A mysterious squid found in late March on a Portsmouth Island beach was later discovered to be a species that’s commercially fished in Japan.
