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MOMO this week



Greetings from Morrow Mountain State Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina. Thirty-four bird species were seen in the park Monday 3 through Sunday 9 March, 2003. Nineteen species were seen on yesterday?s ?Birds of Winter? hike, led by Ranger Ron Anundson, along the shore of Lake Tillery:

Double-breasted Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Dark-eyed Junco

Also seen or heard in the park, Monday 3 through Sunday 9 March, 2003:
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle
Mourning Dove
Pileated Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird

Joseph Williams
MS Biology, Appalachian State University
General Utility Worker / 9-month
Morrow Mountain State Park
Division of Parks and Recreation
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

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