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Subject: Mississippi Kites in Greenville, NC
From: Charles Hoots <etemun(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 18 May 2006 1:20pm
Two Mississippi kites were chasing insects over the Tar
River in eastern Greenville, NORTH Carolina this afternoon.
A crow mobbed one, but the kite was able to distance
itself at will from the pursuer. The two kites moved off
to the northwest after about 20 minutes.
Charles
Greenville, NC
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Subject: Hilton Pond 05/08/06 (Blackberry Winter)
From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org>
Date: 18 May 2006 3:38pm
We've always been intrigued by the phrase "Blackberry Winter" and
actually got to experience one this week at Hilton Pond Center for
Piedmont Natural History.
For an explanation of "Blackberry Winter"" and some photos of
organisms associated with it, please visit the 8-14 May 2006
installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060508.html
As always we include a list of all birds band and recaptured locally;
this week there's also a report on a migratory American Goldfinch
banded locally and encountered far to the north.
Happy Nature Watching!
BILL
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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: osprey
From: "barbara brooks" <brooksba(AT)visionet.net>
Date: 18 May 2006 6:27pm
I had an osprey at the pond and also about 6 peeps that I haven't looked up
yet. I have seen a turkey in a yard on Guess for a couple of days. Season
must be over. I hope it will grace my yard. Black Vulture has been dining
along the edge of the road for 2 days. All birds in NE Orange co.
barb brooks
Hillsborough, nc
Barb Brooks, poet
author of the chapbook
"The Catbird Sang"
Black cap, wings slate gray,
feathers dribbled with red.
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Subject: Henderson County
From: "Wayne K. Forsythe" <wforsythe(AT)mchsi.com>
Date: 18 May 2006 6:33pm
Folks,
I went out to Hooper Lane at about 5:00 PM this evening and was
delighted to see a good number of swallows feeding in the area. Most of the
swallows were Barn, there were a few Cliffs, Tree and at least 15 BANK
SWALLOWS. I believe that these are my first ever for the spring in the
mountains. Through the years I may have seen an errant Bank, but I would
usually get fleeting glimpses and then wait until July or August when they
show up to be 100 % sure of the ID.
Bank Swallow was species #200 for my yearly list for the mountains
of Western NC over 2000 feet elevation!
Best regards,
Wayne
Wayne K. Forsythe
Hendersonville, N. C.
828-697-6628
wforsythe AT mchsi dot com
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Subject: Trip to Shallotte, NC
From: "Robert C. Perkins" <rperkins(AT)infionline.net>
Date: 18 May 2006 7:07pm
My fishing partner and I went to Shallotte River today (5/18),
taking advantage of the pretty weather. On the way from Fayetteville
this morning, we saw a flock of cattle egrets in Bladen County. At
Shallotte River our best birds were least and Forster's terns,
several clapper rails, two red-breasted mergansers, and a
black-bellied plover in breeding plumage. On our way home, just
before we got to Old Dock in Columbus County, my partner spotted
several wood storks and turkey vultures flying together. We stopped
and took a long look. Initially he counted six wood storks, so there
apparently is a nest tree somewhere in the swampy area to the right
of NC 130 (coming from Shallotte. We also saw a purple martin colony
in Bladen County.
Bob
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Bob Perkins
Historian and general outdoorsman
Fayetteville, North Carolina
rperkins(AT)infionline.net
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Subject: HBSP on 5-18
From: "Jack" <ppaw(AT)sccoast.net>
Date: 18 May 2006 8:44pm
Hi C'birders,
This morning I met Bob & Judy Maxwell at the causeway at Huntington
Beach S.P., Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, SC. we covered the
causeway at low tide, Mullet Pond and about half of the carriage path.
I also went to the Education Center. It was a beautiful clear day to
try out my new Brunton Epochs. I'll post my take on these bins in
another post. About 33 species.
Double Crested Cormorant-1
Anhinga-1
Great Blue Heron-1
Great Egret-2
Tricolored Heron-1
Green Heron-4
Blue-winged Teal-2
Turkey Vulture-3
Semipalmated Plover-150
Greater Yellowlegs-2
Lesser Yellowlegs-1
Yellowlegs sp-25
Spotted Sandpiper-5
Semipalmated Sandpiper-400
Least Sandpiper-15
Dunlin-3
Laughing Gull-1
Least Tern-4
Mourning Dove-3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo-1
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird-1
Great-Crested Flycatcher-1
Barn Swallow-1
Blue Jay-3
Am Crow-1
Carolina Chickadee-1
Carolina Wren-3
N. Mockingbird-3
N. Cardinal-4
Painted Bunting-1 male
Summer Tanager-1 female
Rufous-sided Towhee-1 heard only
Red-winged Blackbird-2
Boat-tailed Grackle-10
Brown-headed Cowbird-2
Good company, good birding, good binoculars.
Jack Peachey
Conway, SC
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Subject: IBWO
From: "KC Foggin" <KCFoggin(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 18 May 2006 9:00pm
Science has published a letter by David L. Roberts of Royal Botanic Gardens
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conte...l/312/5776/997c
KC Foggin
Myrtle Beach SC
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Subject: New Owls
From: trlewis(AT)indylink.org
Date: 18 May 2006 9:52pm
We have seen several Screech Owls lately. This evening there were two
recent fledgelings begging for food from the nearby parents in the
Montford area about 3 blocks north of downtown Asheville.
And our house near Dillsboro there was one calling much of the day today
then came in close for a good look (both ways). I presume it is the same
one that caused so much commotion on Monday when Cardinals, Scarlet
Tanager, and a Blackpoll Warbler found it perched about 2 feet off the
ground. It sounds like another recent fledge. Time for a box.
Tim Lewis
Dillsboro (Jackson County, NC)
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