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Subject: Outer Banks and area, July 29 - 31
From: Scott Baron <brnpelican(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 12:52am
Hello, birders.
Sorry for the late post. Here's some sightings from
my trip to Outer Banks area last weekend.
Nothing too unusual seen but I did see a nice variety
of terns and shorebirds. Before I left for my trip, I
heard that shorebird conditions at Pea Island were
poor. I did find that to be true. Drivebys and brief
checks of impoundments showed that water levels were
too high for shorebirds, at least at Pea Island.
Tommy Wade and Steve (last name?) joined me for the
boat trip out to Portsmouth Island, part of the Cape
Lookout NS. Shorebirds there were better than other
areas I checked out. However, this island seems more
vegetated than it did 2 years ago, when I last
visited. The salt flats that I previously saw were
gone, as well as many of the mudflats that I remember
from last time. Of course, we only explored a small
part of the island.
Other areas that I visited: Cape Hatteras NS - I
camped at the beautiful Frisco campground, birding it
and a small part of the nearby beach. I went to Cape
Hatteras but not the Salt Pond or the point itself, as
I didn't have enough time. A couple of stops on
Ocracoke Island. A couple of stops at Pea Island NWR
impoundments. An early evening visit to Alligator
River NWR. Also a pelagic on Sunday.
Shorebirds seen on 3 day trip. Most seen on
Portsmouth I.
-Am. Oystercatcher
-Black-necked Stilt
-Black-bellied Plover
-Wilson's Plover, a handful, on Portsmouth
-Semipalmated Plover
-Piping Plover, a handful, on P.
-Killdeer
-Spotted Sandpiper
-Greater Yellowlegs
-Willet, common. I haven't yet learned to distinguish
betw. Eastern and Western.
-Lesser Yellowlegs
-Whimbrel
-Marbled Godwhit, 20+ on P.
-Ruddy Turnstone
-RED KNOT, 19 (on beach)
-Sanderling, common
-Semipalmated Sandpiper, only a few on P.
-Western Sandpiper
-Least Sandpiper, lots on P.
-Short-billed Dowitcher
Terns:
-Least Tern
-Gull-billed Tern
-Black Tern (4, Portsmouth only)
-Common Tern
-Forster's Tern
-Royal Tern
-Sandwich Tern
Other:
-No. Bobwhite, 2 singing males near intersection of
Borrow Pit Road and Long Curve Road at Alligator
River. Habitat was quite wooded, surprised to hear
this sp. there.
-Clapper Rail, incl. pair with 2 long-legged, black
chicks on Ocracoke I. Steve and Tommy found these.
-Lesser Black-backed Gull, 19 individuals of various
ages as soon as I walked out to the beach at Frisco
campground.
-Chuck-wills-widow, 1 singing briefly around 5:30am on
Monday at the campground. Glad that he was still
singing this late.
-Blue Grosbeak, 2 males at Frisco campground
Happy birding,
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
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Subject: Dragonfly Workshop 8/05/06
From: "Simon Thompson" <simont(AT)charter.net>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 8:15am
Just a quick reminder that there are still a couple of spaces left on our
"Dragons and Damsels" Workshop tomorrow - Sat 5 August. This is taught by
Beth Brinson, with yours truly assisting in the wings! A few weeks ago, the
FENCE nature center had a very impressive selection of odes down there - so
let me know if that grabs ya!
Simon
Simon Thompson
Ventures Birding and Nature Tours
PO Box 1095
Skyland, NC 28776
Phone: 828.253.4247
Travel AT birdventures.com
www.birdventures.com
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Subject: Northeast & Bicknell's Thrush RFI
From: "John Ennis" <swampwolf(AT)thebusinessbirder.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 10:05am
I am putting together a hastily planned (even by my standards) trip to the
Northeast...RI, CT, MA, NY, VT, NH...six states in 5 days but a fairly tight
circle...
If you have info on finding the Bicknell's or experiences finding it, please
send...
Thanks
John Ennis
Leland, NC
910-371-9729
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Subject: Fwd: Outer Banks and area, July 29 - 31
From: Scott Baron <brnpelican(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 10:53am
One more thing that I forgot to mention. I wanted to
bird the Salt Flats (just S of Oregon Inlet) to look
for shorebirds on Monday but tons of mosquitoes
immediately descended upon me. I turned around and
left, as I just didn't feel like dealing with them.
Just wanted to warn anyone who was thinking about
birding there, be prepared.
Scott
--- Scott Baron <brnpelican(AT)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:38:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Scott Baron <brnpelican(AT)yahoo.com>
> Subject: Outer Banks and area, July 29 - 31
> To: CarolinaListserv Birds <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
> CC: Elisa Enders <elisaenders(AT)hotmail.com>
>
> Hello, birders.
>
> Sorry for the late post. Here's some sightings from
> my trip to Outer Banks area last weekend.
>
> Nothing too unusual seen but I did see a nice
> variety
> of terns and shorebirds. Before I left for my trip,
> I
> heard that shorebird conditions at Pea Island were
> poor. I did find that to be true. Drivebys and
> brief
> checks of impoundments showed that water levels were
> too high for shorebirds, at least at Pea Island.
>
> Tommy Wade and Steve (last name?) joined me for the
> boat trip out to Portsmouth Island, part of the Cape
> Lookout NS. Shorebirds there were better than other
> areas I checked out. However, this island seems
> more
> vegetated than it did 2 years ago, when I last
> visited. The salt flats that I previously saw were
> gone, as well as many of the mudflats that I
> remember
> from last time. Of course, we only explored a small
> part of the island.
>
> Other areas that I visited: Cape Hatteras NS - I
> camped at the beautiful Frisco campground, birding
> it
> and a small part of the nearby beach. I went to
> Cape
> Hatteras but not the Salt Pond or the point itself,
> as
> I didn't have enough time. A couple of stops on
> Ocracoke Island. A couple of stops at Pea Island
> NWR
> impoundments. An early evening visit to Alligator
> River NWR. Also a pelagic on Sunday.
>
> Shorebirds seen on 3 day trip. Most seen on
> Portsmouth I.
> -Am. Oystercatcher
> -Black-necked Stilt
> -Black-bellied Plover
> -Wilson's Plover, a handful, on Portsmouth
> -Semipalmated Plover
> -Piping Plover, a handful, on P.
> -Killdeer
> -Spotted Sandpiper
> -Greater Yellowlegs
> -Willet, common. I haven't yet learned to
> distinguish
> betw. Eastern and Western.
> -Lesser Yellowlegs
> -Whimbrel
> -Marbled Godwhit, 20+ on P.
> -Ruddy Turnstone
> -RED KNOT, 19 (on beach)
> -Sanderling, common
> -Semipalmated Sandpiper, only a few on P.
> -Western Sandpiper
> -Least Sandpiper, lots on P.
> -Short-billed Dowitcher
>
> Terns:
> -Least Tern
> -Gull-billed Tern
> -Black Tern (4, Portsmouth only)
> -Common Tern
> -Forster's Tern
> -Royal Tern
> -Sandwich Tern
>
> Other:
> -No. Bobwhite, 2 singing males near intersection of
> Borrow Pit Road and Long Curve Road at Alligator
> River. Habitat was quite wooded, surprised to hear
> this sp. there.
>
> -Clapper Rail, incl. pair with 2 long-legged, black
> chicks on Ocracoke I. Steve and Tommy found these.
>
> -Lesser Black-backed Gull, 19 individuals of various
> ages as soon as I walked out to the beach at Frisco
> campground.
>
> -Chuck-wills-widow, 1 singing briefly around 5:30am
> on
> Monday at the campground. Glad that he was still
> singing this late.
>
> -Blue Grosbeak, 2 males at Frisco campground
>
> Happy birding,
>
> Scott Baron
> Fairfax, Va.
>
>
>
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Subject: American Redstart, rat snake
From: Shelley Theye <veery(AT)bellsouth.net>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 4:26pm
This AM heard lots of scolding just outside the house.
A small rat snake was on a branch with a long bulge
about 1/2way down its body. It had some whitish bands
but don't think it was a king snake.
Though it looked too small to have eaten a bird, I
think it might have. Possibly a Red-eyed Vireo because
there were at least 5-6 nearby, doing their very whiney call.
Also Chickadees and a few others present, but mainly Vireos.
Saw a male American Redstart with the group, too.
First one I've seen since spring migration.
Have lots of Hummingbirds right now.
Shelley Theye
northern Chatham county, NC
veery(AT)bellsouth.net
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Subject: Thrush RFI Thanks
From: "John Ennis" <swampwolf(AT)thebusinessbirder.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 5:54pm
Wow! I received advice and details from 20+ folks from NC and from the
Northeast...thanks!
Thankfully, one person let me know that there is an article on the
Bicknell's in the August Birder's World...which was resting nicely just
behind me in a stack of mail unopened since my last trip...it's now in my
bag...
The trip is starting to take shape.I am flying into Providence tomorrow and
spending Sunday on RI and CT NWR's, then hop one of the ferries on go to
Montauk Point, Block Is, or Fishers Is on Monday, NH & VT for Thrush on Tue
and Wed, and then Cape Cod on Thu.
I will jettison the trip to the Cape (though it is like a shrine to me) to
stay another day for the Thrush.
My BAD if I do not get it given all of the help...
John Ennis
Leland, NC
910-371-9729
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Subject: Edisto River Roseate Spoonbill update (and Reddish Egret)
From: Nate Dias <offshorebirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Aug 2006 9:23pm
The Edisto River Spoonbill flock is still present - a
little over 2 miles downstream from the mouth of the
Dawhoo River. They were a fairly short boat ride from
Willtown Bluff landing. If sea kayaking buffs want to
go for these birds, it is about 4.5 miles by water
from Willtown Bluff.
Billy McCord and I took a side trip to see the
Spoonbills from a sweltering day of cataloging flora
and fauna of marsh islands for SC DNR's "Isolated
Marsh Hummock Study". We also encountered Will
Hutcheson, who was taking a side trip from Seaside
Sparrow work to see the pink birds.
At first, 8 Spoonbills were foraging on the low-tide
mudflats off the northwest tip of Jehosee Island.
Willy tells me that he went back later and saw 14
birds - all first or second year apparently.
If you go to see these birds, please give them plenty
of room (don't pull up close to them).
The event that attracted the horde of wading birds to
this general area is that Pon Pon Plantation has
drained some of their large waterfowl impoundments
(for some dike work).
Also in the area were:
Wood Storks
Anhinga
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
1 Reddish Egret (spotted by Will)
Black Terns
Least Terns (40+)
Gull-billed Terns
Royal Terns
Caspian Terns
Sandwich Terns
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmers
Black-necked Stilt
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Hundreds of Alligators had moved out to the Edisto due
to Pon Pon's being drained - they were everywhere it
seemed.
On one of the marsh islands, we saw a pair of Yellow
Warblers - presumably very early fall migrants.
Regarding land-based Spoonbill access:
The birds were on the Edisto shoreline near the Bear
Island / Pon Pon property line. I think people should
be able to see them from land at the northeast corner
of the Bear Island dike system.
Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC
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