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Fw: kites
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Fw: kites
- From: "Willem van Eck" <wvaneck@mindspring.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:56:58 -0400
- Cc: "david McCloy" <dmccloy@mindspring.com>
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Our Sunday hunt for kites paid off. Distant sightings of
MK just east of the NC11 bridge over the CapeFear
whet our appetite. We then parked ourselves for several
hours at the LockOne picnic tables and watched 4-7pm.
(Current seemed too swift for comfortable kayaking)
In that time period we saw:(sunny&hot,20% cumuli&cirri)
MKite -several sightings flying close to treetops
SKite - one sighting of a pair in high overflight
TVulture -at least 6
BVulture - at least 3
WIbis -one plus four flying high downstream
WoodStork -one flying high downstream
Anhinga -one circling several times
GrEgret -several flying both directions
GBH -one in flight
others seen/heard nearby:
orchard oriole
red-eyed vireo
kingfisher
crested flycatcher
bluebird
chipping sparrow
bobwhite
barn swallow
chimney swift
purple martin
GH owl
mockingbird
but no prothonataries w/i hearing distance!
Willem&Ngaire van Eck
Cary NC 919/380-1202