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Howell Woods WooHoo!



All,

Brian Pendergraft and I went to Howell Woods in Johnston Co. this morning. Over the course of the morning we saw (among many other species) a Kentucky warbler (briefly!) 3 Swainson's warblers (2 very well), solitary and spotted sandpipers, about 200 (little or no exaggeration) indigo buntings, and 5 Mississippi kites. We also caught up with Jamie Sasser and got to see him band an indigo bunting, hooded warbler, white-eyed vireo, and female cardinal (he released a Swainson's warbler minutes before we caught up with him).

On the way home, an awesome morning got even better- we saw a WOOD STORK flying towards the northwest, west of Smithfield and just south of highway 210. WooHoo indeed!

Take care,

Clyde Sorenson
Clayton and Raleigh NC
clyde_sorenson@ncsu.edu