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Migration on Butler Mountain



Had a black-and-white on my oak yesterday, and a black-throated blue flew
into my house! We rescued him from the cat, and put him outside to fly away
a moment later.

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Russ Palmeri
Asheville, North Carolina
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Fog and rain, the sky
touching the new green treetops,
a lone warbler sings





----- Original Message -----
From: "JLindfors" <JLindfors@msn.com>
To: "Carolinabirds ListServ" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 7:43 AM
Subject: Warblers at Jackson Park


> Hendersonville's hotspot, Jackson Park has been spotty recently.  Great
> effort has to be put into perhaps seeing a Black-throated Green Warbler or
a
> Hooded Warbler.  A week ago Harvey Neil pointed out a pocket of warblers
on
> the Warbler trail which yielded good views of an Ovenbird, Black-throated
> Green Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, Northern Parula, and an immature
> Chestnut-sided Warbler.
>
> A few days ago he saw a female Blackburnian Warbler.
>
> Yesterday I walked around the nature trail and in the mowed shortcut I was
> able to get good looks at a female American Redstart, female Northern
> Parula, female Hooded Warbler, and wonderful views of an Ovenbird.
>
> On the east side of the walk there are two small ponds just south of the
> boardwalk.  The furthest south pond has a mowed access path.  There I
> spotted a female Wood Duck, and a very accomodating Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher.
> Back in June I saw nesting BGGN at the NC Arboretum near Ashville.
>
> John Lindfors
> mailto: JLindfors@msn.com
> Hendersonville, North Carolina
>
>