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Lumber River Birds



Spent Easter weekend canoeing a 30-mile stretch of the Lumber River, between Lumberton and Fair Bluff, NC (near the SC border). Although the diversity of birds was fairly low, the few species present were extremely abundant. Listed are the birds that were seen or heard:

N. Parula (~100)
Louisiana Waterthrush (~100)
Black-and-white Warblers (~100)
Prothonotary Warblers (many)
Yellow-rumped Warblers (few)
Red-eyed Vireos (3)
Barn Swallows and many nests, under Highway 74 bridge
Barred Owls (20-30), yappin all day and night
Wood Ducks (8)
Great Egrets (4)
GB Herons (3)

On the drive home I spotted a Loggerhead Shrike on a power line, and a flock of roughly 30 loons migrating overhead.

Nate Bacheler
Morhead City, NC