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Good Birds at Happy Valley
- To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>,"FBC-Birds" <FBC-Birds@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Good Birds at Happy Valley
- From: "Dwayne Martin" <redxbill@conninc.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 14:48:55 -0400
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- Reply-to: "Dwayne Martin" <redxbill@conninc.com>
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I birded Indian Grave Road and the Wagner property in Happy Valley, NC
(north of Lenoir) this morning. I had a great time! I had 61 species;14
warbler species and two very good birds-- one of which was a state bird for
me. Here is my list:
Pied-billed Grebe
AMERICAN BITTERN-- This is the second time that I have seen this species
here
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
BLACK RAIL-- STATE BIRD!!! I flushed it up as I was walking beside the
flooded ponds
Solitary Sandpiper-- first of the season
Morning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush-- first of the season
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler-- first of the season
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler-- first of the season
Palm Warbler-- first of the season
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart-- first of the season
Worm-eating Warbler-- first of the season
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler-- first of the season
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole-- first of the season
American Goldfinch
Dwayne
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Dwayne Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Taylorsville, NC
redxbill@conninc.com
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/