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Re: snow feeding



At our feeders outside of Hillsborough, we've spotted junco's, carolina
wrens, cardinals, finches, nuthatches, hermit thrushes, mockingbirds, downy
wp, red bellied wp.  A pileated made a brief appearance.

Regards,

Randy Dunson
Hillsborough  NC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marsha Stephens" <stephens@mail.fpg.unc.edu>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: snow feeding


> Best bird thus far this morning was a pileated woodpecker.  He was just
peeking
> around trees and foraging, but not at suet feeders.  Also seeing increased
> numbers of pine warblers, purple finches, goldfinch, fox sparrows in
addition to
> winter regulars.
>
> Marsha Stephens
> North Chatham County
> stephens@mail.fpg.unc.edu
> 942-7205
>
> Joshua Stuart Rose wrote:
> >
> > Hi C-birders,
> >
> > Like Steve, we've had a big upsurge in activity here at my in-laws'
place
> > in Irmo since the snow arrived. While numbers of just about everything
> > have increased, the only new species to arrive is a Song Sparrow;
strange
> > to see one here, in such a manicured landscape with few unmowed weeds...
> >
> > On the other hand, the snow has chased the waterbirds off into some
> > sheltered spots. The Scaup flock - I'm suspecting that at least one was
> > Greater rather than Lesser - increased to 18 birds at one point, along
> > with all the loons, PB Grebes, Buffleheads, Ring-necks, Coots etc. that
I
> > reported previously. However, since the snow started, I've seen just one
> > grebe and a trio of Canada Geese.
> >
> > Back before the snow, we attended a party (partly a post-wedding
> > celebration, but mostly for the Gamecocks in the Outback Bowl) at a
house
> > along the Saluda River below the lake. One immature Red-headed
Woodpecker
> > showed up too; I think I heard a couple of others. One kingfisher, a
> > Red-tailed Hawk, and another raptor (possibly an owl) along the river.
> >
> > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Stephen J. Perry wrote:
> > >
> > > I was glancing at the rare bird alerts for other states and noticed a
> > > great tit was visiting a feeder in Wisconsin. This made me feel a
> > > little nostalgic (for great tits, not Wisconsin) and also set me
> > > thinking about European vagrants to NC. Is there a complete list of
> > > all vagrant/accidentals for NC that I can look at on the web?
> >
> > I don't think there's any separate listing for vagrants only. However,
> > the Carolina Bird Records Committees web page at
> > http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/records_cmmtee.html
> > has a link for downloading or viewing the official NC bird list. This
> > list does have a separate list of provisional species which still
haven't
> > been photographed or collected as specimens, and another of species
which
> > still need to be written up, and the species which have been seen 3
times
> > or less are marked in the main list. Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary,
> > but you can download this for free off Will Cook's home page...
> >
> > Good birding,
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > Joshua S. Rose
> > Duke University
> > Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
> >
> > jsr6@duke.edu
> > http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/
>