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Re: Purple Finch in Calhoun Co., SC 21 Sep 1999



Didn't know this was such a rarity.  I had 3 female purple finches at my
safflower feeder the day after Floyd blew through.

Randy Dunson
Hillsborough  NC

----- Original Message -----
From: Will Cook <cwcook@duke.edu>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Purple Finch in Calhoun Co., SC 21 Sep 1999


> I don't know about Calhoun Co., but if it were in the Research Triangle
area
> of NC it would be the earliest report on record.  Also note that there was
a
> report of an extremely early Evening Grosbeak on the Outer Banks (can't
find
> the original message) -- this is more than a month earlier than the
earliest
> Triangle record.  Is this going to be a "finch winter"?
>
> >     I had a single female Purple Finch near the town of Ft. Motte in
> > Calhoun County, SC today.  This EARLY bird was feeding on Sweetgum ball
> > seeds along with 6 American Goldfinches.  Also, I had a juvenile Cedar
> > Waxwing in Sumter Co., SC yesterday, 20 Sep 1999.  Is it early for these
> > birds or what?
> >
> > Mike Turner
> > Columbia, S.C.
> > teebird@mindspring.com
> >
> >
>
>
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