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Subject: Lake Murray Brown Pelicans
From: "Irvin Pitts" <ipitts(AT)scprt.com>
Date: 12 May 2006 7:41am
Yesterday, May 11, 2006 at 7:45 PM I saw a group of seven brown pelicans
from the Irmo side of the Lake Murray dam in Lexington County, SC. The
lake was white-capping with winds from the SW at 20 to 25 mph.
Irvin Pitts
Lexington, SC
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Subject: Re: Migrants
From: Sfantony20(AT)aol.com
Date: 12 May 2006 8:19am
In a message dated 5/11/2006 8:25:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
edabbs(AT)ftc-i.net writes:
Hi, all,
Today we had two Black-throated Blues at our hummingbird feeders. This is
an annual occurrence for us during migration. Also, yesterday we had a
rather late female Rose-breasted Grosbeak eating sunflower seeds. I am
wondering if others also have the Black throated Blues enjoying the
hummingbird feeders. The Orchard Orioles are regular feeders at the
hummingbird feeders.
Evelyn Dabbs
Wenee Woods
Sumter County
SC
I have House Finches frequenting my hummingbird feeder, but I'm not sure
they are drinking nectar, they may just be eating ants.
Tammy Lester
Atlantic Beach, NC
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Subject: Nature Sound Workshop location
From: John Connors <John.Connors(AT)ncmail.net>
Date: 12 May 2006 11:54am
Hi all. When I mentioned Haw River State park north of Greensboro, NC as
a potential site...you can find information about that site on the NC
State Park list by referring to it as "The Summit at Haw River State
park". That was the name of the church retreat center that has now
become the state park. Hope that helps those who want to look at it online.
John Connors @ NC Museum of Natural Science.
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Subject: 2 new web pages - Shorebirds and Barn Owls
From: "Cape Romain Bird Observatory" <crbo(AT)dmzs.com>
Date: 12 May 2006 2:32pm
Carolina Birders,
There are two new pages up on the CRBO website.
The first page is a brief recap of our recent shorebird workshop and it has
some nice digital images of shorebirds. I will be adding more images over the
next few days. The URL for this web page is:
http://www.crbo.net/SBworkshop.html
The other web page concerns our Barn Owl nest box program. In this program,
we are encouraging people to build Barn Owl boxes and we are matching boxes
built by volunteers to willing landowners with suitable habitat.
The Barn Owl project web page has detailed instructions for assembling nest
boxes. These instructions include construction diagrams, drawings of a
finished nest box and photographs showing successive stages of assembly. The
URL for the Barn Owl project web page is:
http://www.crbo.net/barnowlbox.html
If you know someone in the SC Coastal Plain with woodworking skills and tools
who might like to assemble Barn Owl nest boxes for a good cause, please
forward this request to them. We will come pick up the nest boxes when they
are completed and we will deliver them to participating landowners.
Ideally the woodworkers would bear the small cost of nest box materials. But
if they are on a tight budget, CRBO will pay for the materials.
Future CRBO field trips will visit farms or plantations that have installed
volunteer-built Barn Owl nest boxes. Besides general birding, the goal will
be to observe Barn Owl family groups that have benefited from this program.
For more information, please contact us using the information listed below.
Nathan Dias
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Executive Director
Cape Romain Bird Observatory
http://www.crbo.net/
crbo(AT)dmzs.com
P.O. Box 362
McClellanville, SC 29458
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Subject: RE: Migrants
From: "Holly Powell" <hpowell48(AT)ec.rr.com>
Date: 12 May 2006 6:05pm
In a message dated 5/11/2006 8:25:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
edabbs(AT)ftc-i.net writes:
Hi, all,
Today we had two Black-throated Blues at our hummingbird feeders... I am
wondering if others also have the Black throated Blues enjoying the
hummingbird feeders. The Orchard Orioles are regular feeders at the
hummingbird feeders.
Evelyn Dabbs
Wenee Woods
Sumter County
SC
We have Ruby-throated hummers, Orchard orioles and House finches all
drinking from our hummingbird feeders as usual. We have never seen
Black-throated blue warblers in our yard, but, for the first time ever, we
currently have a pair of Yellow-throated warblers eating home-made suet and
mealworms and imbibing sugar water.
Holly Powell
Hummingbird Hideaway
On Adams Creek, ICW
15 miles north of Beaufort, NC
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Subject: Topsail Birds (OOPS)
From: Guy <guymcgrane(AT)wilkes.net>
Date: 12 May 2006 8:14pm
Forgot to sign the previous report.
Guy McGrane
Wilkes County, NC
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Subject: Topsail Birds: Gannet, plovers, dunlin, etc.
From: Guy <guymcgrane(AT)wilkes.net>
Date: 12 May 2006 8:13pm
On topsail island, south end (the point) between 5-5 and 5-10 were
seen the following:
Northern Gannet: group of about 30 fishing close-in to beach, <50
yards, on in breeding plumage.
Dunlin: many small groups of 5- 10 most in good breeding plumage.
Piping Plovers: adults and downy chick on the beach.
Black Bellied Plover: 1 adult in excellent plumage.
American Oystercatcher: 1 quad flyby.
Black Skimmer: 1 pair of squawking birds on a flyby.
Great Black-backed Gull (?name) Very large gull with excellent black
coloring, single individual.
Red Knot: Group of around 30 staying together and feeding in surf
throughout the week.
Purple Martin: really cool colony feeding at sunset neat point
housing development over the sand flats, probable 30 martins swooping
and diving
Scads of Laughing gull, BT grackle, Barn Swallow, pelican, least terns.
Curiously the excellent nesting habitat at the very southern tip of
the island seems to have very little nesting activity. No defensive
terns were observed. Possible barriers were overfeeding of gull and
grackle predators by vacationers, regular booming flights of
helicopters and military jets very low directly over the habitat (all
shorebirds in area were observed to panic at approach of each copter
or jet).
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Subject: Common terns
From: "kestrel" <kestrel(AT)valink.com>
Date: 12 May 2006 8:40pm
I had two Common terns yesterday, 5-11-2006, in Alleghany Co., NC at the
Farmer's Fish Camp low water bridge on the New River. The terns were
observed in flight and perched at less than one hundred yards with 7X
binoculars. Discriminating ID features were the medium size, strongly
forked tail, orange legs and orange bill with black tip.
This is a first for me in Alleghany Co., the New River and anywhere in the
mountains.
Sorry for the late post. I was on my way to Charlotte yesterday and did not
have access to a computer. I checked for them again at 7:00 p.m. today but
they were not present.
Harrol Blevins
NC/VA border on the New River
kestrel(AT)valink.com
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Subject: Red breasted Grossbeak
From: "LeeGaunt" <leegaunt(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 12 May 2006 9:09pm
FINALLY! Early this morning I looked out my bedroom widow from upstairs and
guess what I found on one of my 4 feeders? A Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Okay, we know this is a commong bird for everyone else, but not for us
located in Greenville SC. IF he is still here in the morning, I'll let ya'
know so others in Greenville whom haven't seen him can stop by for a visit.
;-) Please let me know via private e-mail if you have any interest. :-)
Eleanor Lee Gaunt
----- Original Message -----
From: <Sfantony20(AT)aol.com>
To: <edabbs(AT)FTC-I.NET>; <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: Migrants
> In a message dated 5/11/2006 8:25:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> edabbs(AT)ftc-i.net writes:
> Hi, all,
>
> Today we had two Black-throated Blues at our hummingbird feeders. This is
> an annual occurrence for us during migration. Also, yesterday we had a
> rather late female Rose-breasted Grosbeak eating sunflower seeds. I am
> wondering if others also have the Black throated Blues enjoying the
> hummingbird feeders. The Orchard Orioles are regular feeders at the
> hummingbird feeders.
>
> Evelyn Dabbs
> Wenee Woods
> Sumter County
> SC
>
>
> I have House Finches frequenting my hummingbird feeder, but I'm not sure
> they are drinking nectar, they may just be eating ants.
>
> Tammy Lester
> Atlantic Beach, NC
>
>
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Subject: Buzzard Point on the Roanoke River, Halifax County, NC
From: "J. M. Lynch" <jmlynch(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 12 May 2006 9:50pm
Carolinabirders:
I spent this morning in Roanoke Rapids meeting with folks from International
Paper Company (IP) to discuss the Nature Conservancy's (TNC) conservation
package. After the meeting, I decided to visit one of the tracts that TNC is
buying in the IP conservation package along the Roanoke River. Known as the
Buzzard Point tract, the tract is located in a beautiful levee forest
(bottomland hardwoods) natural community along the Roanoke in extreme
southeastern Halifax County about 10 miles from Scotland Neck.
In about two hours of birding in the afternoon this is what I saw:
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Wild Turkey
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Wood Thrush
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing (migrant)
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-and-White Warbler (probable migrant)
Prothonotary Warbler
SWAINSON'S WARBLER- one singing male seen at close range; the best and longest
look I've had of this bird in years
CERULEAN WARBLER- two singing males heard singing in mature green ash/american
elm/american sycamore forest along the river
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Baltimore Oriole (migrant)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
All of these birds are probable breeding residents on the tract except for the
baltimore oriole, b+w warbler, and cedar waxwing. Unfortunately, this tract is
not accessible to the public at the present time but hopefully it will be
available for guided field trips and research once it is acquired by TNC. It
was gratifying to verify that both Swainson's and Cerulean Warblers are present
on the property along with almost all of the Roanoke bottomland species. I
looked for Mississippi Kites but did not see any today. I'm sure they are
around somewhere.
J. M. Lynch
Chatham County
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