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Gray Kingbird, Wrightsville Beach, NC 5/31/03



This morning, while visiting the south end of Wrightsville Beach, NC, I
observed a single Gray Kingbird for about 30 minutes (6:30-7:00 a.m.) as it
perched on a phone wire, hawked for insects, and preened. This I got some
distant digital photos, which are just good enough to verify the id. I
observed it quite closely with binoculars, at a range of 15 yards or so. The
bird flew off towards the ocean, and looked like it was heading north along
the coast, but it was hard to see its exact direction.

A new North Carolina bird for me, and I guess rare, but not unexpected at
this time of year.

Patrick Coin
Durham, NC
patrick@coinconsult.net