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White-winged Dove in Beaufort, NC



The White-winged Dove at Susan Arrington's house was calling away
yesterday--16th--AM.  We suspect that it is not paired, and may be the last
survivor of the 1998 invasion.

While baby-sitting a tern-skimmer colony in Beaufort Inlet yesterday, I saw
several adult Black Terns in breeding/near breeding plumage.

At Bird Shoal, I saw a "long-billed" curlew.  It turned out to be a Whimbrel
with an extremely long (and slightly deformed) bill.  I'll be it was at the
very upper limit of bill length for a Whimbrel.

                                               John Fussell
                                               Morehead City, NC
                                               jfuss@bmd.clis.com