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Dennis birds at Jordan Lake NC



I hadn't seen any mention of Dennis birds at Jordan Lake (did anyone 
check?), so I check it out Tuesday afternoon to see if any were left.  
(Wish I could have been there when Dennis was coming through, but I was 
in the birdless Unicoi Mountains in Graham County.) Here's what I found:

34 Laughing Gulls (20 at Farrington bridge, 14 at Ebenezer)
6 Forster's Terns (Ebenezer)
5 Common Terns (Ebenezer)
4 Black Terns (Ebenezer)

Also checked out Crosswinds Marina (no birds) and the 751 bridge (4 
Blue-winged Teal and some Mallards).  I bet there were some great 
shorebirds around on Sunday/Monday!  Looks like the mudflats at Jordan 
are gone for good this year.

When Dennis first passed by the coast (8/31?), I visited Falls and 
Jordan Lakes on the off chance anything was blown in.  I found 8 Black 
Terns at the Cheek Road causeway (Falls), but I think they were there 
before the storm.  Also 1 Baird's Sandpiper at the 751 bridge, but the 
same story there.

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Charles W. "Will" Cook                w 919-660-7409
cwcook@acpub.duke.edu                 h 919-967-5446
Duke University Botany Dept., Durham, North Carolina