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Harnett County, NC on Oct. 15
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Harnett County, NC on Oct. 15
- From: Bob Perkins <rperkins@infionline.net>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:45:24 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I spent the morning birding in Harnett County, spending most
of my time at Raven RockState Park and the remainder on the Upper
Little Rive at US 401. I found all of the possible woodpeckers
except yellow-bellied sapsucker. Raptors included three
red-shouldered hawks and several kestrels. At Raven Rock I saw the
park's flock of wild turkeys, a black-throated blue warbler and a
blue-headed vireo. I saw two probable kinglets but couldn't get
positive ids on either.
Toward the end of my hike at Raven Rock, I encountered a small
bird on a bare sapling. I thought "kinglet" and quickly focused my
binoculars on it. No, it was a warbler, olive green on top,
yellowish (unstreaked) underneath with an indistinct dark eyeline and
a yellowish eyebrow line, I observed it for several minutes as it
flitted about. The best fit I could find, using the NG and Sibley,
is Tennessee Warbler. I don't know when I've seen a more nondescript
bird.
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Historian and General Outdoorsman
Fayetteville, NC 28311
rperkins@infionline.net