More Falls Lake CBC

["Brian Murphy" <brmurphy@mindspring.com>]

I covered Hwy 98 from west bridge east and south to  US 1 and down near
Wakefield development.

Of particular interest -

225+ Cedar Waxwings just north of Alt US1 on  US 1 (Holiday Inn Express
construction entrance) I looked over about 50 for an orange tail, no luck.
In the same general area and west to Wakefield, about 600-700 Robins.

 Counted the gulls at sunrise as they crossed 98 - took about 35 minutes,
approx. 12-14,000 Ring-billed, at least a few hundred Herrings, and a few
Bonaparte's.

Much of my lake water was frozen, so waterfowl was scarce.
Total of 46 species.

Great Blue Heron - 1
Hooded Merganser - 4
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 21 (12 were feeding on a deer carcass)
N. Harrier - 1
Accipiter sp. - 1
Red-shouldered hawk - 2
Red tail hawk - 2
Kestrel - 2
Bonaparte's - 5
Ring-billed - 14,000
Herring - 150
Mourning Dove - 15
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Red- bellied WP - 7
YB Sapsucker - 1
Downy WP - 5
N. Flicker - 9
E. Phoebe - 5
Blue Jay - 28
A Crow - 31
C. Chickadee - 12
T Titmouse - 9
BH Nuthatch - 7
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 5
Winter Wren - 1
Golden Cr. kinglet - 13
Ruby Cr. kinglet - 22
E. Bluebird - 8
American Robin - 757
N. mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 225
Starling - 19
YR Warbler - 2
Pine Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Cardinal - 12
E. Towhee - 6
Field Sparrow - 23
Song Sparrow - 13
WH Thr Sparrow - 38
DE Junco - 5
A Goldfinch - 5
Common Grackle - 450





Brian T. Murphy   http://brmurphy.home.mindspring.com/
Millbrook High School    http://schools.wcpss.net/MillbrookHigh
Raleigh, NC USA
919-850-8787