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Birds today



      I got up this morning intending to hike the Campbell Creek trail 
at Raven Rock.  The weather convinced me that I probably should stay 
closer to my car, so I made a run up into Chatham County to check out 
my area for the upcoming fall bird count.  There were plenty of small 
birds at the NC 42 landing on the Cape Fear River, but the cloud 
cover and fog made them nearly impossible to identify.  There were 
only a few birds at the lower landing on Harris Lake, none of them 
interesting.  I drove north from NC 42 on Christian Church Road, 
checking out dirt roads leading off toward Harris Lake.  I went down 
one as far as I could, started to get out, and realized that the car 
was being attacked by horseflies.  I also stopped where the power 
transmission lines from the nuclear plant cross Christian Church 
Road.  I found a few birds and heard many more, most of which I 
couldn't identify.  The best birds at the Jordan Lake dam were 
red-shouldered hawks (saw one, heard several), a pair of blue 
grosbeaks, and a r-t hummingbird.  On the way home I stopped briefly 
at Harris Lake County Park, where I spotted a hairy woodpecker.
      Not many birds today but I'm looking forward to September 16.

Bob
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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