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Fire Island, NY and camping trip birds in NC mountains
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Fire Island, NY and camping trip birds in NC mountains
- From: Stephen Perry <stevep@receptor-biol.duke.edu>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:38:22 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi Folks,
Returned from the wedding trip on Long Island. Not a lot of birds to
report, plus being out of state, I won't labor the issue. However,
two fly-over ospreys, one riding on the back of a fish, made the
wedding reception interesting. I also discovered that Fire Island
(the Sunken Forest to be exact) seemed to have the highest catbird
concentrations in the US: 3 out of every 5 birds I saw or heard was a
catbird, and I was practically tripping over them! Also seen were E
kingbirds, great egret, arctic terns, mute swan (grrr) and much more.
Then spent 3 days in the NC mountains in the Pisgah NF (south of
Asheville section). Highlights were a delightful male chestnut-sided
warbler at Graveyard Fields Trail, a magnolia warbler on Black Balsam
Mountain, a broad-winged hawk, many veeries (only heard them) and a
whip-poor-will that woke up the the entire campsite every night
(heard only). The list also included N.parulas, b&w warblers, a
raven, a phoebe nesting in the eaves of the campground toilet block,
and maybe a merlin on I-40 about 30 miles east of Asheville on the
way home.
Cheers
Steve