Black-headed Grosbeak photos/Dovekies

["Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>]

I got a few photos of the grosbeak on Valentine's Day - see:

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/pix/bhgrosbeak.html

The Dovekies were a little more challenging.  Got great looks at them through 
the scope, but...  my best shot is at
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/pix/temp/dovekie3884.jpg  
I don't always get lucky :-)

I saw 3 Dovekies (life bird!) on Friday, 14 February -- two sitting in the 
water at Kill Devil Hills (public beach access at Atlantic Ave. just north of 
the Holiday Inn) and one flyby at the Comfort Inn (south) in Whalebone.  Jeff 
Pippen saw two more Dovekies Friday at Southern Shores.  I don't think any 
were seen after Saturday because of the wind and high waves.

Also saw a raft of 4 Razorbills at Kill Devil Hills being harassed by a lock 
of Bonaparte's Gulls -- every time the Razorbills came up to the surface, the 
bonies would fly over to them and the Razorbills would dive again, to 
resurface in a different location.  This was repeated many times.
Eric Dean saw a large number of Razorbills on Saturday near Salvo.

Hope that guillemot turns up again!
-- 
Charles W. "Will" Cook                  w 919-660-7423
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook            cwcook@duke.edu
Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708