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Mixed bag
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Mixed bag
- From: rperkins@fayettevillenc.com (Robert C. Perkins)
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:54:25 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I'm seeing a mixture of winter and summer birds at the moment. Yesterday
and today I had white-throated sparrows in the yard. Yesterday evening a
male yellow-rumped warbler in full breeding plumage hung around the yard
for a couple of hours. This morning I saw my first green heron of the
season and also my first orchard oriole (immature male). I've been seeing
chimney swifts regularly since April 7 and an occasional barn swallow since
the 8th. This morning I observed a swallow flying over the Methodist
College golf course. In the gray light of a cloudy, early morning, I
couldn't get a positive id, but the only small swallow that looks that dark
underneath is a northern rough-winged. That's the second time this month
that I've gotten a good look at a possible rough-winged (but still no
positive id that I could log). I saw a pair of kingbirds this morning in
the same area in which a pair nested last year. I'll keep watching.
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu