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Eno update
- To: CarolinaBirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Eno update
- From: stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu (Stephen J. Perry)
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:20:10 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hello,
Brief update of migrants/summer visitors and locals doing spring-like
stuff that I have observed at Fews Ford, Eno River SP over the last
week. I have expanded my area of search from just the "field" at the
bottom carpark, kinglet alley etc, to include the river by the ford
itself (on advice from Sharon Funderburk). Short list, but I'm still
inexperienced and bird songs are still hard for me (I'm trying to
unlearn the British songs I know to make room for all these new ones!)
BG gnatcatchers are in force (>20)
E. phoebe (1)
N. parula (1)
full breeding plumage Y-R warblers everywhere
Singing field sparrows
Thrasher building a nest
A vireo sp: couldn't tell much more than this from the glimpse I got.
Common yellowthroat (2)
I'm still waiting for the waterthrushes, the Y-T warblers, prairie
warblers and indigo buntings (my personal favorite).
I've got a new game to play when the birding gets slow: I have taken
to sitting VERY still by the old house near kinglet alley and within
30 minutes the black and turkey vultures start circling. I have even
got them to settle in the trees nearby! I'm not aware of smelling
like rotting meat, so do you think this a coincidence (ie on the 3
times I've done this it just happened they were looking for a place
to rest) or are they really looking at me as a snack? I observed the
same behavior once at Hanging Rock when I was resting on a rocky
outcrop during a hike. It's a bit eery but I get great views of the
ugly brutes!
Does anyone know what they are going to do with the old house just by
the the first carpark (the one down from the visitors center, on the
path to the ford)? Lots of building materials and tools have turned
up there in the past few days.
Steve Perry
Receptor Biology Lab, Duke Uni Med Center, Durham, NC
stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu