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Raven Rock State Park, 4/1/02
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Raven Rock State Park, 4/1/02
- From: Robert Perkins <rperkins@infi.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:34:07 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I had a holiday yesterday, so when the gates at Raven Rock State
Park opened at 8:00 a.m., I was there waiting. I parked and headed down
the trail to the rock, listening and looking as I walked. Before I got
to the junction with the Little Creek trail, I met Mary Stevens, who was
out for a morning run. I reported hearing and seeing yellow-throated
warblers and northern parula. She told me where to find the Louisiana
waterthrushes along Little Creek. I followed her directions and located
three, two on the creek and the third on the bank of the Cape Fear River
at the canoe camp. I got great looks at the first one and decent looks
at the other two. The third one sang for me while I was watching.
At the river I flushed a pair of wood ducks. They flew across the
river and disappeared into the trees and brush on the other side.
On my way from Fayetteville to the park, I saw two kestrels just
south of Bunnlevel and three more on the road into the park from US
421. I also found wood ducks at Stewarts Creek and at Upper Little
River at the US 401 bridges.
I really enjoyed my morning. I didn't see all that many species,
but I got good looks at the birds that I did find. A big thanks to Mary
for her guidance on the waterthrushes.
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