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Mecklenburg Co. NC lake birding



Birders,
Spent several hours today looking around Lakes Norman and Wylie for any 
possible storm-blown birds. The only candidate was a sleeping and somewhat tattered 
LAUGHING GULL  on a boat dock near the Lake Norman dam at 9:30 AM. A BROWN 
PELICAN has been seen a couple of times near the Buster Boyd Bridge at Lake 
Wylie (NC/SC 49) since June 28 but I could not locate it today. CLIFF SWALLOWS 
were seen at several sites at both lakes, nesting under the Buster Boyd Bridge, 
at Cowan's Ford Dam (Lake Norman), and Blythe Landing at Lake Norman. CEDAR 
WAXWINGS were heard near Latta Plantation Park in northern Meck. County. A quick 
check of Lake Don T. Howell (Cabarrus County) yielded only DOUBLE -CRESTED 
CORMORANTS which summer on that reservoir.
Did anyone get a chance to check large lakes in the mountains of NC and the 
upstate SC today ?

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com