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warbler spot, Jordan Lake count
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: warbler spot, Jordan Lake count
- From: bivalve@email.unc.edu (David Campbell)
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 12:55:18 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Being busy with church-related obligations all morning, I did not get out
to the Jordan Lake count until after most people already finished. Despite
being out at mid-afternoon, I did find one spot with four warbler species
nearly in sight of each other, though not simultaneous. On Horton Pond
Road, opposite Horton Pond there is a path along the west side of an inlet
off Jordan Lake. Less than 100 m down the trail, an Ovenbird perched
briefly in view before flitting across the trail and then continued into
the woods by a series of short flits. Slightly farther down the trail
there are a couple of larger hardwoods. The nearby pines had Pine Warblers
visible as well as audible, and a female Black-throated Blue gave good
views of the underside while foraging in the hardwoods. After I walked to
the end of the trail and back to the same spot, a male Redstart had
replaced the Black-Throated Blue, but at a bit lower level for even better
views. A good variety for one small area.
David Campbell
Chapel Hill