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Southern Parkway Birds
- To: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Southern Parkway Birds
- From: "Keith E. Camburn" <camburn@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 17:25:20 -0800
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- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
This morning (Sunday) I decided to hike into the Shining Rock Wilderness Area (off the Parkway at mile 420.2) with the hopes of having a Golden Eagle fly over my head. No such luck. I did, however, have nice flocks of Cedar Waxwings, Purple Finch, and Pine Siskins along the Ivestor Gap Trail. Between the Cradle of Forestry Visitor Center and the Parkway on Hwy 276 I did have 4 Ruffed Grouse in the road and was able to watch them for several minutes from a distance of 10 feet. I hate to even mention this but I did have a raptor at mile 439 which I viewed for perhaps 15 seconds as it fly up the valley towards the road that looked like a possible Northern Goshawk. I walked the Parkway and scanned for a long time but never relocated the bird. Oh well!!!
Keith Camburn
4435 Huntington Drive
Gastonia, Nc 28056
704-824-0626i
--- Keith E. Camburn
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