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Subject: Fw: NO OLF Events May 2, May 16
From: "Karen Bearden" <chickadeebirders(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 2 May 2006 9:15am
Howdy!
Below you'll find a couple events related to the outlying landing field
issue. Birder and Director of Audubon NC, Chris Canfield, will be one of
the speakers at both events. More details are below Chris' email. Sure
would be great to have a big turnout on May 2 and May 16!!
Happy birding!!
Karen Bearden
Raleigh, NC
chickadeebirders(AT)earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "CANFIELD, Chris" <CCANFIELD(AT)audubon.org>
To: "CANFIELD, Chris" <CCANFIELD(AT)audubon.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:37 PM
Subject: FW: NO OLF Events May 2, May 16
A couple of events related to the Navy landing field issue:
May 2 - a chance to see a documentary focusing on the farmers' plight in
this battle, followed by discussion with local organizers, SELC attorney
Michelle Nowlin, and me representing Audubon.
May 16 - a rally in Raleigh to support the efforts of the coalition
trying to find a good alternative for the Navy landing field. We need
as much turnout for this as we can bring out. I'll be speaking for the
environmental community, alongside Bill Ross of DENR and other elements
of the coalition. We will be thanking our political leaders who have
stepped forward to ask the Navy for real consideration of alternatives.
And the beach group The Embers will perform right after us on the same
stage for a great lunch concert. So get the morning off and stay for
lunch.
Chris
****************************************
Chris Canfield
Executive Director/Vice President
Audubon North Carolina
123 Kingston Drive, Suite 206A
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919-929-3899; 919-929-4599 (fax)
www.ncaudubon.org
ccanfield(AT)audubon.org
CELEBRATE Audubon's CENTENNIAL
I00 Years of Conservation
****************************************
Movie night!
Tuesday, May 2, 7:00
Code Green Coalition presents the film
No OLF: A Documentary on the Battle for Washington County
The brave struggle of citizens of rural Eastern North Carolina to save
some of the oldest working farms in America
See it at the new Wildlife Resources Commission building at NCSU’s
Centennial Campus, 1751 Varsity Drive, Raleigh. Map at:
<http://www.ncwildlife.org/pg11_CommInfoContacts/centennial_map.pdf>
www.ncwildlife.org/pg11_CommInfoContacts/centennial_map.pdf
Taking on the United States Navy to stop a proposed jet practice strip
beside one of the most important migratory bird nesting grounds and
flyways in the world, these defenders of a vanishing way of life are
also trying to protect some of the most spectacular birds on the face of
the Earth.
Discussion time led by Doris Morris, Communications Director of North
Carolinians Opposed to the Outlying Landing Field
Doris will talk about the current status of the effort and the upcoming
rally in Raleigh on May 16th <http://www.noolf.com> www.noolf.com .
Michelle Nowlin with Southern Environmental Law Center and Chris
Canfield, Executive Director Audubon North Carolina will also be present
to offer information and answer questions.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
BIRD EVENT FOR CHILDREN: The NC Museum of Art presents “A Bird Program
for Families” on Saturday, May 13, 10-11:30 AM. Free. Ages 8 and up.
Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day by discovering our nesting
birds.
NC Council of Churches/Interfaith Power & Light’s Climate Connection is
working with Code Green Coalition to develop a green buying guide for
the Triangle area. Code Green hosted Betsy Taylor at United Church of
Christ in Chapel Hill earlier this year. Our Movie Night series has
also featured Kilowatt Ours and The Future of Food.
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Press Notice April 21, 2006
NO-OLF
North Carolinians Opposed to the Outlying Landing Field
P. O. Box 32
Pinetown, NC 27865
www.noolf.com
Contacts: Chairwoman Jennifer Alligood
(252) 943-7544
Communication Director Doris Morris (252) 793-9756 (252) 809-2724 c
“NO-OLF SUPPORT RALLY”
What: NO-OLF SUPPORT RALLY
When: Tuesday – May 16, 2006
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Place: State Capitol, South Lawn Raleigh, NC
The North Carolinians Opposed to the Outlying Landing Field (NO-OLF)
will host a Rally of Support for our Federal and State Delegation. It
is scheduled to take place on the North Carolina Capitol grounds in
Raleigh at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 16, 2006. There will be several
dignitaries speaking, including U.S. Congressman G. K. Butterfield and
Governor Easley’s representative Bill Ross, Secretary of the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources.
A coalition of North Carolina leadership, Governor Easley, Senators Dole
and Burr, and Representatives Butterfield, Price, Etheridge and Miller
have gone on record asking the Navy to consider alternatives for an
Outlying Landing Field (OLF) suitable to all parties involved. To date,
the Navy blatantly refuses to investigate alternatives.
“There are rational alternative sites for an OLF, that are sanctioned
by the State of North,” Carolina said, Carolyn Harding a representative
of Citizens Opposed to the Outlying Landing Strip (COOLS). “I quote Lt.
Gov. Beverly Perdue, from a recent Associated Press article, “ The new
landing field, she said, shouldn't "be forced on any group of folks who
don't want it.”
Concerned citizens will unite showing their support for our
representative to protect the future of our state, in saving lives,
farms, homes, communities, a quarter billion dollars of federal taxpayer’s
money and a multimillion-dollar global wildlife refuge used by over
30,000 tundra swans and 70,000 snow geese, approximately six months of
the year.
Motor coach buses will be departing from Washington County and Beaufort
Counties Washington County. We welcome the press to join our caravan,
bus seats available by contacting: Christie Ange (252) 402-5089
Plymouth Pizza Hut parking lot 8:00 am OR Beaufort County: Kathleen
Taylor (252) 975-2770 Washington Civic Center at 8:15 am RSVP by: May
12, 2006.
*****
TO BE FOLLOWED by a lawn concert by THE EMBERS
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Subject: Goose Creek Bird-A-Thon Report
From: Curtis Dykstra <curtis.dykstra(AT)ncmail.net>
Date: 2 May 2006 9:56am
Carolina Birds -
Just thought I'd give the synopsis of the Bird-a-thon this past
weekend at Goose Creek State Park. The weather was gorgeous, minus the
wind. But the wind did not put too much of a damper on the birds! Over
the 24 hour period the 27 participants logged exactly 90 species! After
the event was done I found 2 more to add to the list (Great Blue Heron -
one of our NEMESIS birds of the day, and Great Horned Owl) making 92 if
we extend the 24 hours to 28 hours! A big THANKS! to all the
participants and sponsors A special thanks to Ernie Marshal who helped
organize the event and led a bird hike, Floyd Williams (Merchants
Millpond State Park in Gates Co.) who helped me lead bird hikes and the
Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter who put on a wonderful Birds Of Prey -
LIVE! show with a Peregrine Falcon, E. Screech Owl and A. Kestrel.
We hope to see many of you next year!
Curtis Dykstra, Park Ranger
Goose Creek State Park
Washington, NC
SPECIES LIST
Common Loon
Brown Pelican
DC Cormorant
*Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-breasted Merganser
Wood Duck
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
N. Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Yellowlegs sp. (flyover without call)
Spotted Sandpiper
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
E. Screech Owl
*Great Horned Owl
Chuck-wills-widow
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Wood-pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
American Crow
Fish Crow
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown-headed Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird
E. Starling
Red-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Black & White Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
L. Waterthrush
N. Parula
Ovenbird
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
N. Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
E. Towhee
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
A. Goldfinch
House Finch
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Subject: More Swainson's Warblers
From: Harry LeGrand <harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net>
Date: 2 May 2006 11:02am
I see that several reports of Swainson's Warblers were put on
carolinabirds over the weekend. I'll add two more, maybe for new sites
and/or counties.
Madison County: I heard at least two singing birds on Friday, April 28,
on both sides of the Rich Mountain Road (FR 467), about 2/3rds of the
way from US 70 to the TN state line. The habitat was tangles of
Rhododendron maximum -- which are abundant along this road. (I'm
surprised that I didn't hear more!). Reports of the species in the
mountains are not rare in the Atlantic drainages -- Savannah, Broad,
Catawba, Yadkin, etc. But, except for a number in the Fontana area of
Graham County and a few other spots, the species is quite rare in
Tennessee drainages (as this site is). Site is about 4 miles NE of Hot
Springs; elevation only about 2400 feet. Could this be a first report
for the county?
Pender County -- I heard one singing in the Rocky Point Marl Forest
yesterday (May 1). The site is a nonriverine wet hardwood area, just W
of I-40 and south of the Rocky Point Primary School road, about 1 mile
SSE of the center of Rocky Point. The species isn't new for the county
-- I've heard a number in Holly Shelter Game Land, but the site is unusual.
--
Harry LeGrand
NC Natural Heritage Program
DENR Office of Conservation and Community Affairs
1601 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
(919) 715-8697 (work)
FAX: 919-715-3085
e-mail: harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net
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Subject: Hilton Pond 04/15/06 (Tiger Moths)
From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org>
Date: 2 May 2006 1:12pm
Our work with the John Bachman Symposium at Newberry College has
thrown us behind on postings of "This Week at Hilton Pond," but the
installment for 15-21 April 2006 is now complete. The photo essay is
about moths in general and tiger moths in particular.
To view the latest installment, please visit
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060415.html
If you missed last week's installment on Blue Corporal
dragonflies--not Eastern Pondhawks--it's at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060408.html
As always we include a list of all birds banded or recaptured.
Happy Nature Watching!
BILL
--
BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845
The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to
conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of
the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation,
scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please
visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at
http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation
RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").
"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset." BHjr.
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Subject: Cliff Swallow at Congaree National Park
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 2 May 2006 8:33pm
Hi C-Birders,
Today I stopped at the US 601 bridge over the Congaree River, Richland Co.,
SC. This spot is now on the edge of Congaree National Park, part of the new
Bates Fork Tract. Cliff Swallows are nesting under the US 601 bridge for the
second year in a row. I saw Cliff Swallows flying from the nests to national
park airspace, thus pinning down an expected first record for the park.
Other birds of note found at the boat landing under the US 601 brdige were
Mississippi Kite and American Redstart.
In Richland County farmlands near the park I found a singing Painted
Bunting. I hope to show participants on this weekend's Carolina Bird Club
field trip all of these birds, and more!
Robin Carter
Columbia, SC USA
mailto:rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com
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Subject: Southern Horry County
From: "Jack" <ppaw(AT)sccoast.net>
Date: 2 May 2006 10:08pm
Hi C'birders,
Today, Dave Gustavson and I birded along Punchpole Landing Rd and
Bucksport in Southern Horry County, SC A pleasant day with cool
temperatures and little wind. All told 40 species some while traveling.
Punchpole Landing Rd first Bucksport second
Little Blue Heron-0-3
Cattle Egret-1 while traveling
Canada Goose-a number in the yard at the beginning of Punchpole Landing
Rd.
Black Vulture-1 while traveling
Turkey Vulture-3-2
Am. Swallow-tailed Kite-0-1
Buteo sp-1
N. Bobwhite-0-1 heard only
Killdeer-0-1
Laughing Gull-0-2 heard only
Mourning Dove-0-2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo-5-3
Red-bellied Woodpecker-2-0
Acadian Flycatcher-2-0 heard only
Great Crested Flycatcher-6-4
E. Kingbird-0-1
Purple Martin-0-20
Tree Swallow-0-3
Barn Swallow-0-40
Blue Jay-1-1
Fish Crow-0-1
Carolina Chickadee-6-0
Tufted Titmouse-2-0
White-breasted Nuthatch-0-1 heard only
Blue-gray gnatcatcher-3-1
E. Bluebird-2 while traveling
N. Mockingbird-1-3
E. Starling-2 while traveling
White-eyed Vireo-2-0
Yellow-throated Vireo-1-0 heard only
Red-eyed Vireo-3
N. Parula-3-2
Pine Warbler-3-0 heard only
Prothonotary Warbler-7-0
Hooded Warbler-2-0
Summer Tanager-4-0
Scarlet Tanager-1-0
N. Cardinal-4-3
Brown-headed Cowbird-0-2
Orchard Oriole-0-4
Good birding, good compangy
Jack Peachey
Conway, SC
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