Onslow County Migration Day

["John Fussell" <jfuss@clis.com>]

The Migration Day on 12 May was enjoyable, but might actually be called (in
regard to landbirds) a Non-Migration Day.  12 May is definitely past peak
for migration.  If I remember correctly, only one non-resident warbler was
seen--Yellow Warbler (redstarts seen may have been residents, or may have
been migrants)

The weather was not the best--quite windy and very warm.

About 150 species were tallied.  Some of the highlights were:

2 Mississippi Kites--1 along the upper White Oak River, 1 in Camp Lejeune
military reservation

1 Broad-winged Hawk--a couple of miles N of Swansboro

1 Arctic Tern at New River Inlet (maybe someone will send in some details on
this)

1 Parasitic Jaeger off Onslow Beach

2 Horned Larks were found in extreme eastern Onslow County, near Stella

Eurasian Collared-Doves were found at Sneads Ferry, as usual.  However, one
a couple of miles N of Swansboro was a new site.

                                                John Fussell
                                                Morehead City, NC
                                                jfuss@clis.com