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Anhingas over Durham!
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Anhingas over Durham!
- From: "Dan & Marian" <dkma@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 19:57:49 -0400
- Cc: <rjdnc@aol.com>
- Importance: Normal
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Carolinabirders,
Birding close to home and 2 month old daughter these days, I was searching
for a singing Blackpoll in our backyard in historic Watts-Hillandale a
little after 6pm today when I spotted 5 dark specks soaring way up near the
limit of unaided vision. To my astonishment, at 10X they turned out to be 5
Anhingas (3f.,2m.)slowly drifting northwestward. Third Durham County record,
according to Will's checklist.
This capped a very nice day in the Watts-Hillandale neighborhood with 14
spp. of warblers, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers (1 each) in Ellerbe Creek
between Indian Bend and Westover parks, and 4 Baltimore Orioles in one tree.
Good birding,
Dan Kaplan
Durham