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Ft. Fisher - 6 Oct 2002



Birded the first three daylight hours along/near paved roads at Ft. Fisher on 
Sunday (6 October).   A relatively good movement of birds was observed.  
Highlights included
dickcissel - 2,
peregrine - 2,
merlin - 4,
loggerhead shrike - 5,
Baltimore orioles, ruby-crowned kinglets, painted buntings,
several hundred of each of the following species:  tree swallows, bobolinks, 
palm warblers, flickers, and great-blue herons.
The herons were all flying very high and south in groups of  20-50.

Sam Cooper
Wilmington, NC