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Arrivals at Chimney Rock Park



I took a day off and took some visiting relatives down to Chimney Rock Park 
which is southeast of Asheville on the Blue Ridge escarpment (and one of the 
scheduled trips for the spring CBC meeting).  This is a great place for 
warblers funneling into the mountains and usually gets them a little earlier.  
Vanguard warblers included a couple of La Waterthrush, three Black-throated 
Green Warblers, and three Black and White Warblers.  The bonus bird of the day 
was a Peregrine Falcon cruising along the cliffs next to the "chimney."  Maybe 
they'll nest there again.  There were also a couple of Ravens flying over the 
cliffs with one carrying nesting material.
  Wildflowers were coming out as well - trilium (Little Sweet Betsy), 
bloodroot, phacelia, violets, toothwort, etc.  Altogether a beautiful day to 
play hooky.  One of those days you "call in well" because you feel too good to 
go to work.
Marilyn Westphal
Hendersonville, NC
mjwestphal@unca.edu