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Re: Mason Farm warblers
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: Mason Farm warblers
- From: Amalie Lewis Tuffin <amaliet@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 21:55:27 -0400
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- Reply-to: amaliet@post.harvard.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I managed to get to Mason Farm this evening after an event at the Friday
Center in Chapel Hill. (Let's just say that changing out of a silk suit
in the back seat has been added to growing list of reasons I am glad I
traded in my Mustang for an Escape.) I had an enjoyable, if buggy,
walk. I didn't get to see most of the warblers Kate saw, but I did see
a Louisiana Waterthrush and heard a number of Ovenbirds. Had a three
Blue Grosbeaks (two males and a female) in addition to quite a few
Indigo Buntings, and saw a Pileated Woodpecker in the swampy area in the
middle of the loop - usually I just hear them at Mason Farm but don't
get to see them. I also saw my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the
year.
Probably the best sighting for me, however, was when I heard a Summer
Tanager singing in what I remember as his favorite spot from last year -
the big dead tree on the right hand side of the first field you come to
as you come out of the swampy area if you are walking the loop
counterclockwise. I looked up at him, and in addition the tree hosted a
singing Indigo Bunting, a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and a chipping
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the first one I have seen in the Triangle.
Amalie Tuffin
Durham, NC