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Dennis birds at Jordan Lake NC
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Dennis birds at Jordan Lake NC
- From: "Charles W. Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
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