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Waxwings in Orange Co.



This morning (5:30-7:30) I did route 10 (New Hope Church Road) of the 
Orange Co. Mini Breeding Bird Survey (http://www.unc.edu/~rhwiley/mbbs/).

It wasn't as birdy as yesterday, but I observed 400 birds in 50 species.  
The highlight was Cedar Waxings at two stops, a flock of 5 and a single.  
I didn't see any in juvenile plumage, but they could breeding around here. 
Summer Cedar Waxwings are very rare -- the only Orange Co. report I know 
of was 1 on 6/5/97.  Evidence of nesting has been found once near Jordan 
Lake (6/21/98) and once near Falls Lake (7/18/88).

Most common bird again was Canada Goose (64) and the most frequent was 
Northern Cardinal (seen in 16 of 20 stops).


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Charles W. "Will" Cook                  w 919-660-7423
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook            cwcook@duke.edu
Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708