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Harnett County birds



I went to Raven Rock State Park this morning to look for warblers. 
Since the park opens at 8 a.m. and I was able to leave Fayetteville 
before 6:30, I stopped at the US 401 bridge over Upper Little River 
(between Bunnlevel and Lillington) to look for birds.  There were 
plenty of prothonotary warblers and a nesting pair of phoebes.  Last 
weekend I had heard an indigo bunting.  Today I both heard and saw 
it.  The best bird at Upper Little River was a yellow-billed cuckoo. 
The funniest was either a single barred owl upset with the world or 
possibly two barred owls having a family discussion.

At Raven Rock I took the Little Creek trail.  My target species were 
hooded warbler and Louisiana waterthrush.  I heard a number of 
hoodeds and saw one male, a life bird for me.  I didn't see any 
waterthrushes.  There were plenty of Acadian flycatchers in the 
woods.  I heard many and saw one clearly.   I also heard one or two 
wood thrushes singing.

A very good morning.

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