CarolinaBirds for Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Request For Records   Scott Hartley    11:11am   No Richland Co., SC Roseate Spoonbill   Dennis Forsythe   8:14pm   great day for a dog day!     8:24pm

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Subject: Request For Records
From: Scott Hartley <scott.hartley(AT)ncmail.net>
Date: 15 Aug 2006 11:11am

Hi - The staff at Pettigrew State Park, NC are working on developing a 
bird check list and would welcome any records that folks may have. 
Contact or send them to
Lora.Manning(AT)ncmail.net.

Today was fortunate to observe a clash between the two groups of 
red-cockaded woodpeckers at the park office. Fussing and chasing each 
other often at eye level.
Got some decent photos.

Thanks for you help.

Scott Hartley
Weymouth Woods - SNP
Southern Pines, NC


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Subject: No Richland Co., SC Roseate Spoonbill
From: "Dennis Forsythe" <dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu>
Date: 15 Aug 2006 8:14pm

Yesterday I spent time along Hy 601 in Richland Co., SC.  I saw the White
Ibis but I did not see a Roseate Spoonbill.

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: great day for a dog day!
From: <ginger_travis(AT)bellsouth.net>
Date: 15 Aug 2006 8:24pm

For me, July and early August drag on forever -- the dullest time of year for
birds around my yard.  But today was an exception.

I stepped outside for a minute this morning and heard a raven calling -- closer
and closer till it came into view and flew past my house. Wow, I thought.  And
tonight  around 7:45 I decided to brave the humidity and sit outside. A huge
bird flew up and alighted in a pine 50 feet away from me. Turned its head and
showed its "horns" against the evening sky.  Great Horned Owl. Double wow! Two
great birds on the same dog day.
Ginger Travis
Orange Co., NC, about 10 miles NW of Chapel Hill