Julian Price and BR Parkway Birds/nesting YC Night Herons Charlotte

["Alan Kneidel" <ncbirder1@hotmail.com>]

My email address is still Peregrinus01@aol.com, but I am using this hotmail 
account to send emails to carolinabirds because AOL screws up.


On 5/26/02 my father and I birded many areas in the surrounding area around 
Julian Price Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We camped the night before and 
started out at
6 AM. All of the trails below are listed in Birds of the Blue Ridge, and all 
the spots were within mile markers 290 and 298. We got a total of 71 
species.
Highlights:
Boone Fork Trail
Wood Duck
Pileated WP
Hairy WP
Alder Flycatcher-1 very active in the bog- new species for me
E. Phoebe
GC Flycatcher
Barn Swallow
RW Swallow
Tree Swallow
YB Cuckoo
Winter Wren-singing along the whole trail
Gray Catbird
Veery-2+
Wood Thrush
RE Vireo
Hooded Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler-all along the edge of the bog
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
B&W Warbler
BTBlue Warbler-dozens
LA Waterthrush-4+
Indigo Bunting
RT Hummer
Scarlet Tanager
DE Junco

Cold Prong Wetlands:
Wood Duck
Tree Swallow
RW BB
CSided Warb.
BTBlue Warb.
Yellowthroat
E. Bluebird

Green Knob Trail: This began at Sim's Pond. The trail was gorgeous with 
massive 5ft+ diameter Eastern Hemlocks. This was the best birding of the 
day.
B. Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Veery-2+
Golden-crowned Kinglet-many singing
Winter Wren
RE Vireo
B&W Warbler
LA Waterthrush
N. Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler-many
Black-throated Green Warbler-many
Canada Warbler-everywhere, 8+
Hooded Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
DE Junco

Figure 8 Loop:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Tree Swallow
E. Pewee
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
RE Vireo
Hooded Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Field Sparrow

Also had Wild Turkey along the Parkway.

The Yellow-crowned Night Heron rookery here in suburban Charlotte is up to 
14 adults and 12 youngsters. This rookery has been present for at least 30 
years, and is smack dab in the neighborhood.

Alan Kneidel
Charlotte, NC