CarolinaBirds for Sunday, May 28, 2006

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Snowy Egret   Smith82534(AT)aol.com   8:23am   Snowy Plover   THOMAS L MORGAN   4:08pm   Knapp of Reeds (Falls Lake NC) Eagle nest tree down   Norman Budnitz    6:05pm   Mississippi Kites in Fayetteville   Robert C. Perkins   8:00pm   Beaufort/Shackleford, Carrboro IDs   Philip N. Cohen   9:27pm

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Subject: Snowy Egret
From: Smith82534(AT)aol.com
Date: 28 May 2006 8:23am

A Snowy Egret in breeding plumage was a pleasant surprise at the Hwy. 54 
impoundment in Chapel Hill, NC, Saturday, May 27.

Clyde Smith
2615 Wells Ave
Raleigh, NC 27608
(919) 781-2637
Smith82534(AT)aol.com

"To me all the frail, enduring beauty of the world finds its voice in the 
song of the whitethroat."  Edwin Way Teale


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Subject: Snowy Plover
From: "THOMAS  L  MORGAN" <tlmorgan(AT)inteliport.com>
Date: 28 May 2006 4:08pm

Greetings from the Outer Banks:

Jeff Lewis called this morning to report the Snowy Plover was still present
at the Salt Pond at Cape Point, Buxton, NC.  For anyone interested, the Cape
Hatteras Bird Club leads a group out to the point on Tuesday mornings.

Skip Morgan
Manteo, NC


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Subject: Knapp of Reeds (Falls Lake NC) Eagle nest tree down
From: Norman Budnitz <norman.budnitz(AT)duke.edu>
Date: 28 May 2006 6:05pm

I went out to do my monthly Bald Eagle nest monitoring stint this 
morning at the Knapp of Reeds (Falls Lake NC) eagle nest.  NO TREE, NO 
NEST.  There was an adult eagle sitting on a dead snag in the immediate 
area, but no other eagles were seen.

I suspect that the heavy thunderstorms we had in the area the past 
couple of days were responsible.  The nest, which has been used for 
several years, was built in the top of a dead tree.  All that weight at 
the top of a dead pole does not make for a stable situation in high winds.

There had been two chicks in the nest, and it's possible they had 
already fledged.  I'm waiting to hear if any other observers have more 
recent information as to their welfare.

Tough sight to see.

Norm
-- 
Norman Budnitz--GSK
NTH-M2451
2512 S. TriCenter Blvd.
Durham NC 27713

919-315-4768 (TASC main line)
919-483-9889 (direct line)
919-315-4796 (fax)
norman.budnitz(AT)duke.edu
http://www.ciblearning.org


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Subject: Mississippi Kites in Fayetteville
From: "Robert C. Perkins" <rperkins(AT)infionline.net>
Date: 28 May 2006 8:00pm

      This evening while I was watering some newly planted stuff 
because we've had no rain, I saw two Mississippi kites sailing over 
my neighborhood on the north side of Fayetteville. Year, state, 
county, and yard bird. Whee!

Bob
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Bob Perkins
Historian and general outdoorsman
Fayetteville, North Carolina
rperkins(AT)infionline.net


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Subject: Beaufort/Shackleford, Carrboro IDs
From: "Philip N. Cohen" <pnc(AT)unc.edu>
Date: 28 May 2006 9:27pm

Hello again,

I've added some new opportunities for misidentification to the Birds of 
Carrboro page, for a total of 16 species. 
(http://www.unc.edu/~pnc/birds/birds.html)

I also took a trip to Beaufort and Shackleford banks, and am stumped by 
the presumed piper and plover I got there. Sure was nice out there 
(photos linked from page above).

Any advice on these would be welcome.

Also, my mother believes she saw a Great Gray Owl in Carrboro today: 
including yellow eyes, no ear tufts, deep single _whoo's_, out during 
the middle of the day, and very big. Peterson Guide says could come 
south once in a while. Could it be?

Thanks!

Philip

-- 
Philip N. Cohen
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/~pnc
pnc(AT)unc.edu
155 Hamilton Hall CB#3210
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210
Sociology office: (919) 843-4791
Carolina Population Center office: (919) 966-6537