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Shepherd's Trail, Duke Forest



A very wintery feel to the birds on the Shepherd's Trail today, 
despite the +70F temperatures. Spent 1 1/2 hours there this pm, and 
it was slow going:

White-throated sparrow 1
N flicker 3
Downy WP 2
RB WP 1
YB sapsucker 1
WB Nuthatch 2
BH Nuthatch 2
C Chickadee 10+
T Titmouse 3
C Wren 2
Ruby-crowned kinglet 1
B Jay 5
Am Crow 2
N Cardinal 5
E Towhee 3
Starling 10+

Almost went the whole trail without seeing a single migrant, but 
finally I heard a G catbird and watched a phoebe grabbing flies from 
its perch in a bare poplar.

NOT A SINGLE YR WARBLER!

Oh, and my first Duke Forest chipmunk!

best wishes
-- 
Steve Perry

Receptor Biology Lab, Duke Uni Med Center, Durham, NC

stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu