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Re: Worm-eating Warbler



They breed in Catawba and Alexander Counties in NC.  At the new Baker's Mtn.
Park in southwestern Catawba County, we had 7-8 Worm-eating Warblers singing
on territory earlier this year.  They have since stopped singing.

Dwayne
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Dwayne Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/
http://www.geocities.com/ncxbill/


-----Original Message-----
From: BILL HILTON JR Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
<hilton@hiltonpond.org>
To: CAROLINA BIRDS <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: Worm-eating Warbler


>This morning (9 July 2002) at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural
>History near York SC I netted an after-hatch-year female Worm-eating
>Warbler with a brood patch, which implies local or nearby breeding.
>
>This bird is extremely rare in the South Carolina Piedmont in summer,
>and I'm not aware of any Piedmont nesting records. My previous early
>date for this species in fall migration is 8 August.
>
>Anyone else know of Piedmont breeding records for this species in the
>Carolinas?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>BILL
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>
>BILL HILTON JR., "The Piedmont Naturalist"
>Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
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