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Blackpoll Warbler
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Blackpoll Warbler
- From: jwbloor@duke.edu
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:10:48 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Found my first Blackpoll Warbler of the spring in Duke Gardens
this lunchtime. It was in the same tree as a Black-and-White
Warbler and under which was an Ovenbird. Other migrants were a
Common Yellowthroat and a male American Redstart singing
away.
One of the fun things about birding somewhere as restricted (both
in size and quality) as Duke Gardens is that during the migrations
you are guarenteed different birds everyday. For example yesterday
I saw a Black-throated Blue Warbler, a Summer Tanager and a
Swainson's Thrush - no sign of them today.
Finally, I find it very curious that Brown-headed Cowbirds have
such a bad reputation here, when in England the parasitic Cuckoo
is beloved as the harbinger of spring.
Jim Bloor, Ph.D
Department of Biology
Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology
Group
B330 LSRC Building
Duke University
Research Drive
Durham, NC 27708-1000
Tel. (919) 613-8150
Fax. (919) 613-8177
email jwbloor@duke.edu