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North Carolina birding and warbler quest.



I birded Lake Mattamuskeet NWR, Thanksgiving afternoon and the
following Friday morning.  My primary reason for birding there was to
try for an Orange-crowned Warbler which, was the last warbler species
I needed to complete my quest of obtaining all 38 species of
regularly-occuring, eastern warblers, in the same year.  At the
recommendation of several individuals I birded the southern end
of the causeway and, special thanks to Doug DeNeve for suggesting
the road leading into the refuge headquarters.

We arrived about 3 in the afternoon and I immediately began birding the
causeway.  There wasn't much stirring there and the mosquitoes were
close to being unbearable so, I headed over to the refuge road.  An hour
of dilligent searching produced ten warbler species including the
Orange-crowned that I, so-badly, wanted.  Friday morning my wife
and I birderd the refuge with local birders Karen Baldwin and Ernie
Marshall.
In additon to several other species, I located another Orange-crowned and
Ernie and I turned up warbler species number eleven, a Wilson's.  Friday
afternoon we headed over to the Outer Banks where I got some additional
birding in the remainder of the weekend.  If anyone wants additional
information
let me know.

Lake Mattamuskeet warbler list

Yellow-rumped
Palm
Pine
Common Yellow-throat
Black-and-White
American Redstart
Prairie
Magnolia
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned
Wilson's



Gary Felton
Kingwood, WV
GLF1@CDC.GOV

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