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Re: McDowell Park Directions



Jeff and all,
     This sounds like a great spot to check out.   I took the liberty of 
looking in the C-bird archives for the directions to this area, thought 
others might want them, too.  They were in Keith Camburn's earlier post about 
the Common Ground-Dove.

Keith Camburn wrote:
>> The bird is being seen in the
McDowell Park prairie restoration area off of Highway 49 south of
Charlotte.   From Highway 49 north of the main gate to McDowell Park take
Shopton Road to the north.   You will pass Four Horse Road and after
approximately 1 mile you will come to the prairie area on your left.   There
is a small gravel entrance area there with a chain covered with white
plastic.   Walk the road back into the prairie area (very muddy) passing a
small pond on your left.   You will then go up a small incline into a grassy
field.   In the distance you will see an old wooden barn close to which the
bird was orginally found in surrounding brush.   To your left there is a
"line" of brush.   At 5:15 p.m. today the Ground-Dove was sitting in this
line of brush at the end nearest Shopton Road.   Taylor tied a piece of
orange tape near the spot where we left the bird.<<

Shelley Theye

In a message dated 10/26/02 11:11:32 PM, jspippen@duke.edu writes:



<<  I just returned from McDowell Prairie Restoration Area in Mecklenburg Co.,
NC, from a successful rare butterfly chase (butterfly details posted on
CarolinaLeps).  This is where the Common Ground-Dove was reported a couple
of weeks ago.  I did not relocated the ground-dove, but did find TEN
species of sparrows.  This is a really neat area of fields, brush piles,
and prairie-under-construction.  I believe that regular birding of this
place over the winter could produce several interesting sightings from
rails to sparrows.

  >>




Shelley Theye
N. Chatham County, NC
Psbmt@aol.com