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Re: sharp-shins in NC



We see Sharp-shines in Catawba County year-round.  We expect that they breed
here but have not found any nest yet.

Dwayne
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Dwayne Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/
http://www.geocities.com/ncxbill/
-----Original Message-----
From: R. O. Bierregaard, Jr. <rbierreg@email.uncc.edu>
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 31, 2002 11:41 AM
Subject: sharp-shins in NC


>Responding to Alan Kneidel's question in his most recent posting:
>
>Also, are Sharp-shinned Hawks in the Charlotte area considered as year
round
>or winter residents?
>
>
>Winter residents. The breeding range of Sharpies is generally
>considered to be north of NC, but there is at least 1, maybe a
>couple, of records of nestlings brought into the Carolina Raptor
>Center from NC nests, so some do nest here. But these are outliers to
>the main breeding range north of us.
>
>Rob Bierregaard
>Charlotte, NC
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