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Baltimore Oriole
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Baltimore Oriole
- From: stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu (Stephen J. Perry)
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:33:54 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi folks,
A Baltimore oriole came to a friends feeder in Durham on Sat a.m.
Other than that not a single migrant for me yet!
Thanks to the guy on the bike in Umstead Park who told me about
Hemlock Bluffs nr Cary and the cooling ponds at the power station:
I'll make a trip down there in a couple of weeks for the
black-throated blues etc.
In a posting last week, someone mentioned a brown-headed cowbird in
the context of migrants: I thought these were residents (Sibley).
I've had one hanging around my feeders for about a month now. Is this
unusual?
Also, an amazing encounter with a flock of cedar waxwings on Duke
campus: 30 or so birds landed in a large evergreen bush to feast on
the red berries (I have no idea what type of bush, sorry) literally 5
feet from me. They gorged themselves for about a minute, completely
ignoring my astonished gasps and the 50 or so demonstrating students
shouting and waving placards nearby. Then they left as quickly as
they came; I could feel the breeze from their wings as they flew off!
I see at least as many birds most mornings perching in the trees
around RX parking lot (extension of La Salle Str) if anyone wants to
get a good close-up look before we lose them until next winter. They
seem fearless now and will tolerate you walking right up to the trees
they are in.
Steve Perry
Receptor Biology lab, Duke Uni Med Center, Durham NC
stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu