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Brunswick County, NC, birds, 11/9/02
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Brunswick County, NC, birds, 11/9/02
- From: "Robert C. Perkins" <rperkins@infi.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 20:43:25 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
My fishing partner and I spent part of the day on Shallotte
River, and while the fishing was poor, the birding was interesting.
We saw Forster's terns, laughing gulls, ring-billed gulls and a
herring gull plus several kingfishers, great blue herons and a great
egret. I spotted an accipiter soaring way up but wasn't able to
determine for certain whether it was a sharp-shinned or a Cooper's.
Before leaving the coastal area, we drove from Shallotte to the
two ponds on the Calabash Road at Sunset Beach. There we found wood
storks, white ibis, great blue herons, at least four black-crowned
night-herons, and, to my surprise, an orange-crowned warbler which
held still long enough for me to get a solid ID. I could see clearly
its overall color, split eye ring, and the blurry streaks on the
breast.
Returning to Fayetteville, we saw a red-tailed hawk that landed
on top of the Social Services building on Ramsey Street. That was
our only "for certain" hawk of the day.
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu