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Weekend birds
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Weekend birds
- From: Robert Perkins <rperkins@infi.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:49:42 -0500
- Cc: fperkins@richmond.infi.net
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Yesterday my fishing partner and I paddled and fished the "Basin" at
Fort Fisher. We did a little birding, both while we were there and
while driving to and from Fayetteville. We saw an osprey at a pond on
NC 87 near Gray's Creek in Cumberland County. At the pond in Carolina
Beach Park, we saw a half dozen or so buffleheads and four lesser
scaup. At Fort Fisher we spotted a large female kestrel. We saw a
number of great egrets and several tri-colored herons while we were
fishing. The only shorebirds that we saw were ruddy turnstones and the
only terns were Forster's. On our way home we stopped at a beach access
in Kure Beach and watched two northern gannets fishing a good way out.
This morning, in spite of the gray skies, I drove north on US 401 to
Upper Little River. I saw a phoebe carrying grass to refurbish a nest
that a pair used last year. There were a number of small warbler-shaped
birds in the tops of the trees and I heard what I thought was part of a
yellow-throated warbler's song, but the gray skies and lack of light
prevented me from identifying the birds. I did see a pileated
woodpecker fly over and spotted a ruby-crowned kinglet close to the
ground.
My street and yard were full of birds today, including a mixed flock
of common grackles, red-winged blackbirds, and [darn it!] brown-headed
cowbirds. All of the other birds were normal locals.
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu