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Migrants et al. @ Cowans Ford et al.
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- Subject: Migrants et al. @ Cowans Ford et al.
- From: "Tom Lorenzin" <skytom@dellnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:58:40 -0400
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I was joined yesterday afternoon by Stephen Harris at Cowans Ford WR, the
McGuire Nuclear thermal ponds, and on the water at Lake Norman. Osprey (18,
by count on six nests) abound on southern Lake Norman, and the GBHeron
Rookery on the island between NavMkrs D2 and D4 flourishes. Also seen over
the waters in various locations were Common Loon, Spotted Sandpiper, TWO
CASPIAN TERNS mixed in with a flock of R-b Gulls nr NavMkr 5, as well as
Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows. A Common Nighthawk was spotted nr the Hwy
1109 bridge nr I-77 exit 33.
McGuire Nuckear west thrmal pond yielded Osprey, Spotted Sandpipers (3), PB
Grebe, while the east pond floated 3 Double-crested Cormorants.
Surprisingly, (to me, as I had always breezed past this spot previously) the
intersection of Beatties Ford Road and Neck Road, with its mixed-vegetation
and scrub was surprisingly productive, albeit traffic-noisy at times.
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Prairie Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Nashville
Warblers, and a crow-harrassed Northern Harrier were all to be seen and/or
heard. Because this spot is about 5 road miles from the CFWR, but only 3
miles as the you-know-what flies, I have included these birds in the CFWR
listing below:
Wood Duck
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Lesser Yellowlegs (7!)
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Eastern Bluebird
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
American Goldfinch
Nashville Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
7;^)
Tom "two legs at a time" Lorenzin
Davidson (Lake Norman), NC
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