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Subject: Chickadees, nuthatches, and May 22 Chapel Hill Bird Club
From: "Karen Bearden" <chickadeebirders(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 20 May 2006 10:17am
Howdy!
Last week I was delighted to see two chickadees taking their first
flight into the world in our backyard! I was so happy they were
successful again this year. Then this week I was happy to see a
White-breasted Nuthatch take it's first leap out of the box. This was
the first year we've had nuthatches using a bird box. It was cute to see
the nuthatch trying to go UP a near by pine tree. It seemed to have
trouble grasping the bark of the tree as it was learning something new
for the first time.
Since we take the summer off, Monday is the end of the year for our
Chapel Hill Bird Club programs. Instead of meeting inside the church for
a program we'll be outside for a potluck dinner and birding at the NC
Botanical Gardens. We'll meet at 6:30 pm in the parking area outside the
actual gardens, where there are picnic tables. Bring food to share, and
remember to bring your own plates and utensils (no paper stuff; we don't
want to throw anything away!). After dinner and elections we'll walk
around the trails until it gets dark. Join us for a fun, social event.
And yes, bring your kids!
Happy birding!!
Karen Bearden
chickadeebirders(AT)earthlink.net
Raleigh, NC
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Subject: Painted Bunting at Congaree National Park, Richland Co., SC
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 20 May 2006 2:34pm
Hi C-Birders,
This morning, after leading the second annual Dawn Chorus Walk at Congaree
National Park, I ran into long-time Columbia birder George McCoy. George
told me that on Sunday, 8 May 2006 he and Richard Sassnet found a singing
Painted Bunting in the new Bates Fork Tract of Congaree National Park. It
was along the main trail, between the Sampson's Island clearing and the
first stream crossing south of the clearing.
This species was expected in the new tract, since the area has lots of
early-successional areas and since Painted Buntings are fairly common
breeders in agricultural areas nearby. Nevertheless this is the first record
of Painted Bunting for Congaree National Park. Lloyd Moon had one as a
fly-by at the Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve hawkwatch a few years ago,
but the bunting was on the Calhoun County side of the Congaree River and
therefore not in Congaree National Park.
Robin Carter
Columbia, SC USA
mailto:rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com
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Subject: RE: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 20 May 2006 4:05pm
Report of the Dawn Chorus Walk at Congaree National Park, South Carolina,
USA
Date: 20 May 2006
Time: 0500 to 0730 EDT
Venue: Congaree National Park, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Sponsoring Organization: Friends of Congaree Swamp
http://www.friendsofcongaree.org
Number of Participants: 31
Species List:
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Whip-poor-will
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Purple Martin
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
This was the second annual Dawn Chorus walk at Congaree National Park. We
started at the after-hours parking lot and walked into the floodplain for
about a mile. When we got back to the picnic area near the Visitor Center
volunteers from Freinds of Congaree Swamp, lead by John Grego, had cooked a
wonderful breakfast of shrimp and grits for us. Rain was threatening during
the entire walk, but held off until we were all under the picnic shelter
enjoying breakfast. It was a wonderful dawn in the park!
Robin Carter
Columbia, SC USA
mailto:rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com
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Subject: Buncombe Cty.
From: "Wayne K. Forsythe" <wforsythe(AT)mchsi.com>
Date: 20 May 2006 6:21pm
Folks,
Ron Selvey and I stopped by Lake Julian this morning after we had
some T-storms overnight and were surprised to find 2 Red-breasted Mergansers
as well as 1 Common Loon. This is a very late for both species. I don't
know what they are still doing here but I would think the weather had
something to do with their arrival!
Wayne
Wayne K. Forsythe
Hendersonville, N. C.
828-697-6628
wforsythe AT mchsi dot com
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Subject: Black-bellied W D in Beaufort, NC
From: "Dennis Forsythe" <dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu>
Date: 20 May 2006 6:38pm
Hi All,
I did not read the state I had just assummed it was SC. My report was from
Beaufort, SC.
Dennis
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD, PA
Emeritus Professor of Biology
The Citadel
171 Moultrie St
Charleston, SC 29409
843-795-3996 Home
843-953-7264 Fax
843-708-1605 Cell
dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu
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Subject: From US601 to Horrell Hill, Columbia, SC
From: James Wilson <toadshade(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 20 May 2006 7:53pm
After sleeping off my excellent gourmet breakfast provided by the
Friends of the Congaree after the equally excellent Morning Chorus
Walk, I decided to do a traveling count on the Lower Richland side of
Columbia mainly checking out woody environments from Leesburg Road to
pastures and ponds in the area up to Horrell Hill. Had a pretty good
day of it, especially on a pond on the road between Horrell Hill and
Leesburg Road. The water was low, it was muddy and had all of the
water birds (except the Geese and Cattle Egrets) plus the Osprey on my
eBird list below:
Location: Horrell Hill
Observation date: 5/20/06
Notes: This is covering a lot of the creeks, ponds and farmlands
east of US601 to Horrell Hill and north of 378.
Number of species: 36
Canada Goose 28
Northern Bobwhite 1
Great Egret 1
Cattle Egret 8
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Killdeer 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 3
Purple Martin 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 4
Pine Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
James Wilson - Lower Richland
Columbia, SC 29209
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Subject: Frigatebird in Frisco, NC; Pelagics
From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 20 May 2006 8:16pm
Carolinabirders,
As I write this, I can look out my window and see a female Magnificent
Frigatebird perched on the powerline along Highway 12 in Frisco. This
would be just past Bubba's Barbecue and before a large storage complex
on the north side of the road. It was also seen this morning in the
vicinity by birders driving to Hatteras to go on one of my boat trips.
Offshore in the Gulf Stream, we saw a very cooperative Fea's Petrel off
Hatteras, along with a less cooperative Herald Petrel. My trip from
Oregon Inlet saw another frigatebird offshore today, but nothing else of
note. We also saw a Red-billed Tropicbird down here on Wednesday about
34 miles east of the inlet.
Our next two pelagic trips are full, but we have space on trip here on
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 23 and 24.
I can be reached at (252) 986-1363.
Good Birding,
Brian Patteson
Frisco, NC
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Subject: Cape Hatteras Trip
From: "Curtis.Dykstra(AT)ncmail.net" <Curtis.Dykstra@ncmail.net>
Date: 20 May 2006 10:15pm
C'Birders -
I took a trip to Cape Hatteras this weekend and have some notables to
pass along. While on the ferry between Ocracoke and Hatteras a
FRIGATEBIRD flew directly over our boat! This, after talking to Brian
Patteson tonight, was not the only sighting this weekend.
After our 5/19 Pelagic was cancelled due to weather, we decided to
hike out to Cape Point (despite the torrent of wind). We did locate 3
GULL-BILLED TERNS (one eating a frog!) amongst the Royals, Commons,
Sandwich's, Leasts and Skimmers. We also were treated to a shorebound
RED-NECKED-PHALAROPE! He was hanging out with a bunch of Sanderlings
near where the dune tappers out toward the point.
We re-scheduled our Pelagic trip for this coming Wed. the 24th, so
we'll see if Brian can pull another Fea's and Herald's out of his hat!
Curtis Dykstra
Washington, NC
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