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After the rain this morning
- To: carolina birds list serve <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: After the rain this morning
- From: Len/Esther Pardue <eljeep@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:01:28 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Birding was pretty good for awhile after the rain slacked this morning in
north Asheville and nearby. In chronological order:
1. Around our house -- Black-throated Blue (1-2), Magnolia (2-4), Am.
Redstart (2-4), and Tennessee (6-8) warblers fed busily. There were more
birds about but bad light prevented id.
2. Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary -- 90+ Blue-winged Teal (brought down by
storms in the night?), 20+ Gray Catbirds, 8-10 Am. Robins, 8-10 Cedar
Waxwings, 6-8 E. Bluebirds, 5+ Am. Redstart, 5+ Magnolia Warbler, 2-3
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 Ovenbird, 1 heard-only
Yellow-throated Vireo, 1 Chipping Sparrow, plus the regulars.
3. Blue Ridge Parkway, Craven Gap to Craggy Gardens -- fairly quiet
(noontime when I got up there) -- 1 Common Raven (h), 1 Red-breasted
Nuthatch (h), 1-2 Scarlet Tanager (h), 1 Indigo Bunting (h), and 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (h). Also still a few Chimney Swifts about -- they're
found in breeding season in Craggy Gardens, presumably nesting in a hollow
tree.
Len Pardue, Asheville, NC