Trip Report (Was Weymouth Woods RFI)

["Chris Moellering" <moellering@fwi.com>]

	Well, I made my trip to North Carolina with high hopes for seeing a
Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Unfortunately, I was not to be.
	First off, thanks to everyone who gave me the suggestion regarding Weymouth
Woods and the RCW’s. Unfortunately, I never got their. This being a family
vacation and all, plans changed with the nice weather on Saturday 11/9 and
we were off to the beach. We ended up at Wrightsville Beach where the kids
played and I set up my scope and watched the birds for a few hours. Here’s
what I saw—not too bad. I enjoyed myself and added 2 lifers, Great Cormorant
and Northern Gannet.

Red-throated Loon  	Several feeding off beach
Common Loon  	Several feeding
Pied-billed Grebe 	1
Northern Gannet 	Several groups of adults and juveniles flying southward
Brown Pelican		Abundant
Great Cormorant	One I was certain of
Tricolored Heron	One in marsh slightly inland
Sanderling		1 flyby
Bonaparte's Gull	Abundant
Ring-billed Gull	Very abundant
Great Black-backed Gull	1
Rock Dove			Several slightly inland
Northern Mockingbird	One singing loudly as I go out of my car
European Starling		Several
Common Grackle		One small flock
Boat-tailed Grackle		1

Grace & peace,
Chris Moellering
LaFontaine, IN
(moellering@fwi.com)