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Re: Razorbill back at Wrightsville Beach



I was at Masonboro Inlet from about 8:30 - Noon Saturday morning and saw 1st
year Razorbill as well as a mature adult.  Through the scope I could clearly
see the white line on the bill of the mature one.  Later in the day they
both came in very close - so close you did not need binoculars much less a
scope.
                    Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Swaim" <miaim@mebtel.net>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Razorbill back at Wrightsville Beach


> Well, I've tried posting a complete trip/species report twice last night
> and this morning, but between the server crashing and the power blipping,
> it looks like neither may have gone through. Appologies if this basic info
> appears on the list multiple times, but I felt it might be worth trying
again.
>
> Yesterday afternoon between 3-4pm, two of us were treated to seeing an
> imature Razorbill swimming and diving lazily off the Southern most tip of
> Wrightsville Beach. The bird was first seen amazingly close to shore,
> (maybe 20 yds!). Over a period of several minutes we watched it dive and
> reappear as it slowly drifted further out. It had an unidentified
> white-headed companion, but there was no mistaking the ID of the 1st yr.
> Razorbill. The bird was last seen diving in front of the Green Channel
> marker #7. In John Fussell's must-own book, "A Birder's Guide to Coastal
> North Carolina", this exact spot is indicated by the head of the arrow
> pointing to Masonboro Inlet on page 333.
>
> Mike Swaim
> Efland, NC
> miaim@mebtel.net
>
>