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Warblers and vireo
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Warblers and vireo
- From: "Robert C. Perkins" <rperkins@infi.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:59:46 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
This morning I headed north from Fayetteville to look for
warblers, prothonotary and Louisiana waterthrush, specifically.
Because Raven Rock doesn't open until 8 a.m., I spent my first hour
checking Upper Little River at the US 401 bridge (south of
Lillington). There I found plenty of prothonotary singing and
foraging along the creek. An eastern phoebe was also in residence.
Continuing on to Raven Rock, I arrived there a few minutes after
8. I ignored the birds singing loudly in the parking area and headed
down the Campbell Creek trail, 3 miles out and 3 back. Once the
trail got down to the creek, I began to hear birds. Well down in the
lower section of the creek I found a La. waterthrush that was
apparently defending his claim against another waterthrush. I saw
two birds briefly but was only able to identify one of them. I
heard a number of northern parulas and saw two. I also heard a
number of yellow-throated warblers and located two. Twice I spent
considerable time looking at very non-descript vireos from
underneath. They were larger than the warblers nearby, white below,
dull above with no visible wing bar, and (from what little I could
see) had an eye stripe of some sort. Later I got much better looks
at two more vireos that were clearly red-eyed vireos. I surmise that
all four were red-eyed.
The other birds that I saw were all the usual supporting cast at
Raven Rock. I got back to my car a few minutes after 11, just as the
first raindrops were starting to fall.
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu