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Purple Martins/ Turkeys near Jordan Lake
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Purple Martins/ Turkeys near Jordan Lake
- From: Psbmt@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 07:26:53 EST
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Yesterday, 3/16, noticed that the Purple Martins were back at the usual spot
on Fearrington Rd., near Jordan Lake.
Last week saw a group of @ 8 Wild Turkeys, between the 2 Jordan Lake bridges
on Fearrington Rd., on the east side of the road, at the back of an open,
grassy area, maybe near Stone Rd. area, if I'm recalling correctly. Just saw
them out of the corner of my eye as I was driving by, very unexpected.
Didn't have time to go back and look, but seemed like the right habitat.
Have had very noisy Red-shouldered Hawks at home, and the other day there
were 3 circling and calling up above the house, for a few minutes a Cooper's
Hawk flew with them and chased them a bit till it flew off. I'm guessing it
was a Cooper's, they were pretty high up at the time, and it appeared light
underneath and I could see a definite white tip on tail, that's what my field
guide suggests, seemed maybe a third smaller in size than the
Red-shouldereds.
Shelley Theye
Shelley Theye
North Chatham County, NC
Psbmt@aol.com