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Cape fear swallow tail kites - Success
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Cape fear swallow tail kites - Success
- From: "Juan A. Pons" <jpons@wildnaturephoto.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:20:27 -0400
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Hi,
Yesterday I ran into a few other birders at the before-mentioned produce
stand and locks and dams in search of kites.
Eventhough most of the day proved to be somewhen unproductive we did
spot one Mississippi early in the day by the locks, along with some
anhingas, GBH, turkey vultures, swallows and egrets.
I took a little detour to the Southport & Lake Waccamaw areas in the
middle of the day.
I returned to the produce stand around 5 pm I watched 5 Swallow-tailed
kites soaring(?) high above the field across from the produce stand and
about 40 mins later saw 3 more around the locks. Unfortunately by that
time all other birders seemed to have gone home and I got to enjoy them
with Sleepy Dickson, the proprietor of the produce stand.
After that I spent a few hours around the swamp on NC 11 just north of
the cape fear bridge. This proved to be a spectacular location. Here I
studied the fishing methods of a green heron, 2 Belted kingfishers, and
2 little blue herons. The green heron and kingfisher both allowed me to
watch them at pretty close range.
All in all not a bad day at 23 interesting species and a few for my life
list.
Eastern Meadowlark
Cliff Swallows
Barn Swallows
Chimney swifts
Mississipi Kites
Swallow-tailed kites
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vultures
Anhinga
Pythagorean Warbler
Read-Headed Wood Pecker
Belted Kingfisher
White Ibis
Brown Pelicans
Red-Winged Black Bird
Common Grackle
Sanderling
Red-tailed hawk
Killdeer
Very few photos this time... decided to spend more time just
birdwatching this time around.
-J
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Juan A. Pons
jpons@wildnaturephoto.com
http://www.wildnaturephoto.com/
Pittsboro, NC