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An off-topic inquiry



All,

I apologize up front for the off-topic nature of this message, but the
subject actually does have a bearing on birds, or at least on bird
habitat in North Carolina. This morning on my way into work (I live just
outside Clayton in Johnston Co. and work at NCSU), after I dropped my
son off at school, I saw a sow feral hog and two piglets on the side of
the road and the edge of a 6 year-old clear-cut. This was about 3/4
miles east of the Neuse river, just north of Covered Bridge road. The
question is: what is the distribution of feral hogs  in NC, and does
this represent a westward expansion? (I know I may be opening another
can of flaming worms after the groundhog-coyote debacle of several weeks
ago, but the list does have a lot of fine, and informed, naturalists on
it). The presence of 2-4 month old babies would suggest that there is at
least one other hog in the vicinity. I did see a male bobwhite two days
ago standing on the side of the road about 100 yards from where I saw
the hogs.

I found a first year male red-start dead on the side of Covered Bridge
rd. on Sunday while bike riding. Unfortunately, the ants had eaten too
much of him to salvage.

Take care,

Clyde
clyde_sorenson@ncsu.edu
Clayton and Raleigh, NC