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beach birding



Howdy!

Joe and I spent a long day at the beach Saturday. Originally, we planned on 
starting at Ft Fisher. But, with Will and others talking about the Reddish 
Egret, we decided to start at Sunset Beach. We didn't see the Reddish Egret, 
but we both loved the Sunset Beach area. We're going to look into renting one 
of the homes on the beach so we can walk outside to see the Semipalmated 
Sandpipers, Sanderlings, Turnstones, Willets, Snowy  and Great Egrets, Royal, 
Least, and Gull-billed Terns, and of course, Pelicans.

 We did get lucky and saw a flock of 12 Wood Storks along 179 in the Twin 
Lakes area. YEAH!! We used to see them all the time in our neighborhood in 
FL. So, we added 2 NC species, the Storks and Gull-billed Tern.

We took a short cut through the Sea Trail Community, along 179, not far from 
Twin Lakes. It was a pleasant surprise to see at least 5 Red-headed 
Woodpeckers!! Two were immatures.

We got to Ft Fisher and the aquarium at 6:10, in time for dinner at the 
feeders, and a pair of beautiful Painted Buntings. YEAH AGAIN!!

It was a long, hot, fun day!! Happy birding!

Karen Bearden
birders@aol.com
Raleigh NC