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Re: BR Parkway



I stopped by the Ridge Junction Overlook(at the entrance to Mt. Mitchell)
Saturday morning for a few minutes and had a couple of Red Crossbills fly
over.  Not much else moving.

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: Tim Lewis <tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us>
To: Carolina Birds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:21 AM
Subject: BR Parkway


>We spent some time on Sunday morning on the trails leading up to the
>Mountains-to-the-Sea Trail from the Tanbark Tunnel near Asheville.  It
>was a bit quiet but we saw the following:
>
>Worm-eating Warbler
>Black-Throated Green W.
>Black-Throated Blue W.
>Blue-headed & Red-eyed Vireos
>Wood Thrush (adult feeding a whining teenager)
>Red-Tailed Hawk in the woods
>
>We were surprised that the Hummers were not feeding at the Mt. Mitchell
>restaurant and we did not see any Crossbills.  We consoled ourselves
>with Cappuccino Silk pie - so it was a good day.
>
>A few plants in bloom:  Bee Balm, Mountain Mint, Turks Cap and Canada
>Lilies, Tall Bellflower, Goldenseal and Clinton's Lilly in berries.
>
>Tim Lewis & Lori Unruh
>Weaverville, NC
>tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us
>