All Outdoors Hawk Favorite Pet Of Myra Collins
Wallburg eighth grader Myra Collins keeps a rare hawk named Pharaoh as a morning visitor at 7 30 each day. The bird hunts on raw beef liver and returns home for scraps, sometimes perching on the roof when meals are delayed. Pharaoh’s exact species is uncertain though resembles Swainson's Hawk. the bird was found as a few days old on a Virginia highway during a family trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallburg
Myra Collins
Wallburg Junior High
Pharaoh
Eee
High Point
Myra
C. F. Collins, Jr
Collins
Mrs. Collins
Western
America
Water Skiing Safety and Legislation Briefing
Tips for skiers and boaters emphasize safety and awareness as 115,000 new skiers enter the sport each year. Laws restrict reckless operation, require observers or mirrors, and vary by state with penalties up to $2,000 or jail in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Virginia
Florida
Idaho
Arkansas
Michigan
Power Squadron Teaches Boating Safety in Piedmont Classes
The Winston-Salem Power Squadron runs a 10 week boating safety and general boating course, with sessions in Greensboro at West Market Street Methodist Church on Tuesdays and in Winston Salem on Thursdays. For details call Larry Williams or Edward McMillan. Separately, migratory bird hunting regulations for rails, doves, gallinules, woodcock and snipe are summarized, including season dates, daily bag limits, and possession limits, noting federal control and a point system for ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem Power Squadron
Piedmont Area
Greensboro
West Market Street Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
Larry Williams
Edward McMillan
Jim Dean
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Virginia Rails
Sora
Gallinules
N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission
North Carolina
Deep Look At Sunken Ship Off Cape Lookout
Divers nine miles offshore Cape Lookout dove August 10 to the Portland wreck from 1943. A salvage crew was seen working, killing large quantities of fish. A petition to National Marine Fisheries Service drew 151 signatures urging protection of old wrecks beyond state jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Tyler
Cape Lookout
Portland
Beaufort
N. C. Marine Fisheries Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service
Second Liberty Ship sunk for North Carolina reef
The second of three World War II Liberty Ships used for artificial reefs off North Carolina was sunk by a Marine Corps demolition team three miles northeast of Wrightsville Beach. The hull was stripped and cleaned to meet EPA standards. The reef near Wrightsville Beach will be about half a mile long and a quarter mile wide, named after Alexander Ramsey. Earlier this year another ship sank near Morehead City and drew many fish. a third sinking near Oregon Inlet is planned. The program, begun by the 1973 General Assembly, is run by the NC Department of Natural and Economic Resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Higgins
North Carolina
Marine Corps
Wrightsville Beach
Environmental Protection Agency
Wrightsville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tharsday
Pharaoh the Hawk
Sonny
Hawk
Benny Phillips
Ol’ Pharaoh
Phillips
By Stan Davies
A. Safety Organization
Fred. Waller
Mediterranean
Winston- Salem
Off
North Carolina Coast
Credit
Fontana Reservoir
Great Smoky Mountains
Fontana
N.C. Wildlife Commission
Eagle Creek
Hazel Creek
Wildlife Commission
Jake Trout
South Carolina
State Wildlife Department
S.C
P.O. Box
Columbia
Advance
Bob Trousdell
Jim Wynn
Tildon Downing
Herb Johnson
Carolinas
Harris
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