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Subject: Re: Mississippi Kite in Carteret County, NC
From: "Steve" <scompton(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 6 May 2006 1:46pm
Birders,
As I was jogging in my neighborhood this morning, I heard a whistle
overhead. It was one of our local Mississippi Kites. I heard an immediate
echo
from a tree to the right, followed by other birdsong phrases. A Mockingbird
had echoed the Kite. Do Mockers learn song from other Mockers or by
imitating
other species? Or both?
At the Charleston Air Base I heard another familiar whistle overhead. This
time it was an aggressive Red-shouldered Hawk, harrassing a Red-tailed Hawk.
Steve Compton
Summerville,SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fussell" <jfuss(AT)clis.com>
To: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Cc: "Taylor Piephoff" <PiephoffT(AT)aol.com>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: Mississippi Kite in Carteret County, NC
> Around midday today I saw a Mississippi Kite working its way
> northeastward. It was near the inland waterway, near the Core Creek
> community.
>
> I also had 3 singing Painted Buntings at Duncans Landing, in the Croatan
> National Forest, on the Newport River estuary.
>
> John Fussell
> Morehead City, NC
> jfuss(AT)clis.com
>
>
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Subject: Mississippi Kite in Carteret County, NC
From: "John Fussell" <jfuss(AT)clis.com>
Date: 6 May 2006 3:26pm
I assumed that the Mississippi Kite I saw headed NE yesterday was an
overenthusiastic migrant on the move.
However, today, at the same spot, participants on a N.C. Coastal Land
Trust field trip saw a kite, presumably the same bird, at the same
place, and it was perched in the top of a tree. There are numerous tall
trees here, and these are adjacent to some extensive, very young (and
short) pine plantations. Potential breeding area, I would guess.
However, a second bird would be desirable.
John Fussell
Morehead City, NC
jfuss(AT)clis.com
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Subject: peregrine update
From: river23262(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 May 2006 3:54pm
One peregrine falcon nestling was clearly observed at Devil's
Courthouse today on the Blue Ridge Parkway (milepost 422). Toward 1pm
I thought I saw a second nestling. Time will tell. This chick(s) is
still pretty young (<3 weeks) and not moving around a lot on the ledge.
It will be more conspicuous once it has developed enough strength to
venture out on the ledge. If anyone can confirm additional nestlings
at this site in the coming weeks, please email me or post it on CBC.
Elsewhere this year we know of nestlings in a few places already:
Panthertail Mtn - 3 chicks
Looking Glass - at least 2 chicks
Shortoff Mtn (Linville Gorge) -2 chicks
There are several more sites to check yet.
On my way home today, a momma bear and THREE cubs crossed the BR
Parkway in front of me!
Chris Kelly
NCWRC
Asheville, NC
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Subject: Red-breasted Nuthatch and Brown Creeper (Chatooga R.)
From: "Paul Champlin" <skua99(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 6 May 2006 4:09pm
Hi Folks,
Quickie note... My wife and I took our 6-month old daughter for a walk along
the Chatooga River on the SC side and had both Red-breasted Nuthatch and
Brown Creeper singing up a storm. A year ago we still had a R-b Nuthatch in
the yard... Must be late movers. We encountered lots of Ovenbirds pairing up
(heard the females calling while males belted out their songs... sure sign
of nest-building) and had the typical host of warblers including B-t Greens,
Yellow-throateds, Louisiana Waterthrush (carying food), Parula, Hooded,
Wormeating. We also encountered two kayakers fishing at each rapid that
they came to... and an American Crow was silently plying the forest edge
(out of sight), matching speed with the boaters. Once gone, the crow flew up
the center of the stream corridor and repeated with the next batch of
rafters.
Cheers
Paul
Paul Champlin
Seneca, SC
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