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Eno and Mason Farm
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Eno and Mason Farm
- From: stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu (Stephen J. Perry)
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 11:25:48 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi folks,
Spent a mosquito infested evening at Eno River SP last Thurs and a
fly-free morning at Mason Farm yesterday.
Eno produced some nice sightings:
prairie warblers
indigo buntings
phoebe
3 scarlet tanagers
heard several yb chats, (not yet seen one)
field, song sparrows
singing b+w warbler
a 6" snake: light brown with darker patches. It was in a puddle in a
wheel rut, presumably feeding on the trapped tadpoles, although I
didn't see it actually catch one
2 WE vireos carrying nesting material
YT warbler singing
2 RT hummingbirds
2 acadian flycatchers
many BG gnatcatchers
Mason Farm was better, with 2 life birds for me (I still get lifers
regularly due to my short time in the US of A)
YB chats (lifer!) even saw one do its dangling leg/slow flap display
common YTs: got great views of one I pished out of a bramble bush
N parula
Indigo buntings
catbird
RE vireo
2 vireos I couldn't ID: one was small and appeared to lack a strong
eyestripe, but did have wing bars. It was drab, not much
yellow/green. The other I only saw from below and appeared to have a
lot of yellow on the breast: a YT vireo??
YB cuckoo: first this year
BG gnatcatchers
summer tanager (lifer!). The call reminded me of someone spitting
cherry stones.
heard wood thrushes and a B+W warbler
I missed the kentucky and a prothonotary that Amalie saw, but did get
a partial moult male blue grosbeak: cool bird!
So Q's
Any good ideas for the 2 vireo sp based on relative abundance at
Mason Farm? From the field guide the best fit for the dull one was
maybe a warbling vireo, but I'm certain I saw wingbars. The other I'm
about 80% sure was a YT vireo: how likely is this?
I didn't see or hear a single prairie warbler at Mason Farm: do they
occur here? There are dozens at Eno already and the song is so strong
and characteristic I'm certain I would have picked one up if it had
been in the vicinity.
--
Steve Perry
Receptor Biology Lab, Duke Uni Med Center, Durham, NC
stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu