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Ridge Junction 9-7-03
- To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>,"FBC-Birds" <FBC-Birds@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Ridge Junction 9-7-03
- From: "Dwayne Martin" <redxbill@conninc.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:59:27 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Reply-to: "Dwayne Martin" <redxbill@conninc.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
About 15 folks met up at Ridge Junction OL (milepost 355.5 BRP) this morning
and they were not disappointed. There were hundreds of birds moving
through. About 75% of the birds were Tennessee Warblers. We had good looks
at many of the birds. Here is the list:
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
American Crow
Common Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler-- Good looks at many different ages
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-breasted Grosbeak-- One female/immature had a mostly white head
Red Crossbill-- Several sat in the trees and posed for us!
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Dwayne
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Dwayne Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Taylorsville, NC
redxbill@conninc.com
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/