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Wayne Co Christmas Bird Count



    We conducted our 12th Wayne Co (NC) Christmas Bird Count on Dec 18.
Species total for the day was 116, a record high (115 previous)! Total
number of birds was 13,727. Highlights were as follows (bold face birds
in CAPS):

Eared Grebe - 2
GREAT EGRET - 1 (Harry LeGrand)
GREEN HERON - 1 (Harry LeGrand)
SNOW GOOSE - 1 (Russ & Patricia Tyndall)
Bald Eagle - 2
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 (John Fussell)
Least Sandpiper - 133
DUNLIN - 3 (John Fussell)
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 2 (John Fussell, Eric Dean)
SEDGE WREN - 1 (John & Paula Wright)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Loggerhead Shrike - 16
WHITE-EYED VIREO - 1 (Harry LeGrand)
9 warbler species including:
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER - 1 (John Fussell)
PRAIRIE WARBLER - 1 (John Fussell)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER - 1 (Gene Howe)
WILSON'S WARBLER - 1 (Harry LeGrand)
& LE CONTE'S SPARROW - 1 (Patricia Tyndall)

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Eric & Celia Dean
112 Armstrong Dr
Goldsboro, NC  27530
919-736-7264
edeangld@icomnet.com
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