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Subject: Re: Hummer Activity Redux
From: James Coman <hillshepherd(AT)skybest.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 7:29am
Randy, and all:
I am seeing virtually the same thing in Alleghany County, with numbers
continuing to increase daily. Best count yesterday afternoon was 17
hummingbirds visible at once swarming 3 feeders.
In previous years seeing 5 or 6 at a time was exceptional.
Obviously it has been a very good hatch year for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
James Coman
Executive Director
Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust
P. O. Box 2557
Boone, N. C. 28607
828-263-8776
info(AT)brrlt.org
www.brrlt.org
Farm Office:
9124 NC Hwy 93
Piney Creek, N. C. 28663
336-359-2909
Fax 336-359-8643
hillshepherd(AT)skybest.com
On 8/5/06 11:08 AM, "Randy Dunson" <trdunson(AT)nc.rr.com> wrote:
> You'll have to excuse what may seem like a redundant post regarding the
> hummer activity at my home, but after living outside Hillsborough, NC for
> nearly 11 years, this has never happened to me. Whilre sitting here typing
> this email I count no less than 20 hummers, adults & juveniles, at the
> feeders are perching on nearby trees or shrubs waiting their turn! This is
> truly amazing to me. I don't know why it's any different this year as my
> landscape is the same and the feeders remain in the same places. I only wish
> I had a video camera to record the activity. Oh well, I'll just count myself
> as lucky, and continue watching the show!
>
> Regards,
>
> Randy Dunson
> Hillsborough, NC
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Richland County Spoonbill - 6:40 PM Saturday
From: Parkin Hunter <parkinhunter(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 8:07am
My wife and I saw the spoonbill at 6:40 PM on
Saturday. "x" marks the spot.
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3737768&e=533708&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83
It was approximately 2.4 miles from the railroad
crossing in Wateree on the left. The bird was visible
from the car sitting high on a log near four juvenile
white Ibis. Also saw numerous hummingbirds in the
trumpet creeper.
Parkin Hunter
Columbia
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Subject: Richland County Spoonbill - 6:40 PM Saturday
From: Parkin Hunter <parkinhunter(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 8:07am
My wife and I saw the spoonbill at 6:40 PM on
Saturday. "x" marks the spot.
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=3737768&e=533708&s=100&size=l&datum=nad83
It was approximately 2.4 miles from the railroad
crossing in Wateree on the left. The bird was visible
from the car sitting high on a log near four juvenile
white Ibis. Also saw numerous hummingbirds in the
trumpet creeper.
Parkin Hunter
Columbia
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Subject: Moore County Scissor-tailed Flycatchers
From: Dwayne Martin <redxbill(AT)charter.net>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 11:38am
Monroe Pannell just called me to report that he found at least one adult
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and one chick. They where behind and around the hay
barn. He said there were also Red-headed Woodpeckers flying around the same
area.
Dwayne
*************
Dwayne Martin
Hickory, NC
redxbill(AT)charter.net
Catwaba County Park Ranger
Riverbend Park - Conover, NC
jdmartin(AT)catawbacountync.gov
http://www.catawbacountync.gov/depts/parks/
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Subject: Orangeburg Sod Farms
From: "Steven Tracey" <steventracey(AT)sprintmail.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 12:07pm
Visited the sod farms in Orangeburg both yesterday and this morning. On
both days I was able to find several Upland Sandpipers at the industrial
park. On saturday, the only other shorebirds were seen at the fields
adjacent to the westbound rest area on I-26. Unfortunately, its time to get
a new scope and at distance I was only able to make out numerous Pectoral
Sandpipers, a few smaller peeps, and a few other unidentified shorebirds.
This morning, the fields along Bethel Forest road were filled with Pectoral
Sandpipers. Additionally, lots of barn swallows and one bank swallow.
Steve Tracey
Irmo, SC
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Subject: White woodpecker
From: Jim Seaman <cb(AT)jbs-blog.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 1:06pm
For the 2nd time in the last few years I have a white woodpecker hanging
around my feeder. A bit more info and photos are here:
http://www.jbs-blog.com/?p=125
Jim Seaman
www.jseaman.com
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Subject: Re: Hummer Activity Redux
From: Marsha Stephens <stephens(AT)mail.fpg.unc.edu>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 2:39pm
Same thing is happening just down south of Randy in Orange County.
We've got dozens of hummers, 5 feeders and are filling multiple times a
day. Gotta love it!
Marsha Stephens
Mystic Lane
Hillsborough, NC
James Coman wrote:
> Randy, and all:
>
> I am seeing virtually the same thing in Alleghany County, with numbers
> continuing to increase daily. Best count yesterday afternoon was 17
> hummingbirds visible at once swarming 3 feeders.
>
> In previous years seeing 5 or 6 at a time was exceptional.
>
> Obviously it has been a very good hatch year for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
>
> James Coman
>
>
>
>
> On 8/5/06 11:08 AM, "Randy Dunson" <trdunson(AT)nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>> You'll have to excuse what may seem like a redundant post regarding the
>> hummer activity at my home, but after living outside Hillsborough, NC for
>> nearly 11 years, this has never happened to me. Whilre sitting here typing
>> this email I count no less than 20 hummers, adults & juveniles, at the
>> feeders are perching on nearby trees or shrubs waiting their turn! This is
>> truly amazing to me. I don't know why it's any different this year as my
>> landscape is the same and the feeders remain in the same places. I only wish
>> I had a video camera to record the activity. Oh well, I'll just count myself
>> as lucky, and continue watching the show!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Randy Dunson
>> Hillsborough, NC
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: White woodpecker
From: "KC Foggin" <KCFoggin(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 3:12pm
An amazing capture of this oddity.
KC Foggin
Socastee
Myrtle Beach SC
www.birdforum.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Seaman" <cb(AT)jbs-blog.com>
To: <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:06 PM
Subject: White woodpecker
> For the 2nd time in the last few years I have a white woodpecker hanging
> around my feeder. A bit more info and photos are here:
> http://www.jbs-blog.com/?p=125
>
> Jim Seaman
> www.jseaman.com
>
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Subject: Orangeburg Sod Farms & Spoonbill 08/06
From: "Jason Giovannone" <buteo2808(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 6 Aug 2006 7:53pm
Headed down to the Sod Farm from 2 to 4 today.
Shorebirds: 100+ Killdeer, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 5 Upland Sandpipers, 1
Western Sandpiper, 4 Least Sandpipers, & 15 Pectoral Sandpipers. As with
Steven, several birds were out of my range. I also saw several young
Meadowlarks & Horned Larks.
On the ride home I drove by the spoonbill spot, and found the bird hanging
out in the same spot as yesterday along highway 601.
Good Birding!
Jason Giovannone
Columbia, SC
Full List
Canada Goose
Anhinga
Cattle Egret
Turkey Vulture
Mississippi Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
House Sparrow
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