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Re: Still no wagtail



Kent's posting of other Falls Lake birds reminds me that the group on
Tuesday afternoon saw 3 Caspian Terns on the far side of the lake
towards Rollingview -- fairly late for that species.

Harry LeGrand

Kent Fiala wrote:
> 
> On the "you never know" theory, I spent another hour at Sandling Beach
> around 5PM today.  To no avail.  At least there were a few more other
> birds to look at than I saw yesterday.  A cohesive flock of not 6, not
> 8, but 29 Common Loons was not far offshore.  In the gray light I could
> just make out far out in the lake one each of Common Tern, Laughing
> Gull, and Bonaparte's Gull among several Ring-billed Gulls.  A lone
> Great Blue Heron and later a lone Greater Yellowlegs had the beach to
> themselves.
> 
> --
> Kent Fiala
> near Chapel Hill, NC

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