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RE: N.C. has newly documented birds, too!



I remember seeing a brochure advertising "wildflower days", or something
else like that, for GSMNP that featured a Gray Jay perched on a fir tree
on the front cover.

I wondered "what-the-heck is a Gray Jay doing on the cover of a brochure
for some activity in GSMNP?". 

Maybe they are both the same picture?

-Chris Wilson

-----Original Message-----
From: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
[mailto:carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu] On Behalf Of James Coman
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 5:33 PM
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
Subject: N.C. has newly documented birds, too!

Folks:

In response to Harry LeGrand's posting about "new" birds in Texas, I
must
note that several years ago a south Florida developer bought a farm next
to
New River State Park in Alleghany County, N.C.

As he began "improving" the property with ticky-tacky, he produced a
brochure for his Florida friends/customers extolling the virtues of this
area in northwest North Carolina and its amenities, including its
birdlife.
The photograph chosen to depict the local birds was of a Gray Jay
perched in
a balsam fir. 

As the brochure is still in print and readily available, I can send a
copy
to Dr. LeGrand of the Natural Heritage Program, or whoever wants one, if
needed to document the heretofore unrecognized occurrence of Gray Jays
in
N.C.

James Coman
Executive Director
Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust
P.O. Box 2557
Boone, N.C. 28607