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Re: Carolinabirds archives, "72 Birds..."
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: Carolinabirds archives, "72 Birds..."
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:22:56 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <199909291331.JAA06111@niven.acpub.duke.edu>
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Will Cook wrote:
>
> Normally, if you've lost a message, you could look it up on the Carolinabirds
> archives at http://metalab.unc.edu/~pardo/birds/
>
> However, Dennis Burnette's shrike job message didn't make it there for some
> unknown reason. (Perhaps because it was addressed to
> carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu instead of carolinabirds@duke.edu?)
I also noticed recently that Wayne Forsythe's Henderson County Updates
also don't appear on the archives. Someone asked me about that area
recently, but in scrolling through the entire "Current" section, dating
since August 17, I couldn't find a single one. I *know* he's posted a few
since then...
> Today's Chapel Hill News has a feature with this title, based on Susan
> Campbell's point counts last year. I'm planning to write to let them know
> that there have been a few more species seen here! :-)
Here's the text of the article, it seems short and relevant enough to put
on the list:
http://www.chapelhillnews.com/Issues/1999/09/29/town03.html
Winged Friends Wednesday, September 29, 1999
The 72 birds of Orange County
By DAVID SCHULMAN, Staff Writer
From the bobwhite to the ovenbird, from the barred owl to the solitary
vireo, 72 species of bird currently inhabit the pine and hardwood forests
of Orange County. That's according to North Carolina Museum of Natural
Sciences ornithologist Susan Campbell, whose local bird count is included
in a new Triangle Land Conservancy report on the wildlife habitats of
Orange County.
As part of the project, Campbell headed out to Duke Forest, University
Lake, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Occaneechi Mountain, and other prime
local birding spots to do 84 separate "point counts." Below is a list of
the birds she saw.
Campbell's report notes that some nocturnal species sure to live here
-- such as the whippoorwill and the great horned owl -- went undetected
during her morning counts. And she says there are "probably 20, maybe
even 30 more species people know of that breed in Chapel Hill and Orange
County."
So the Chapel Hill News is inviting readers to let us know: What other
avian Orange County residents do you believe should be on the list? Write
us with the tale of where and how you saw your local rare bird. Or birds.
Joseph Mitchell, the late writer for the New Yorker magazine and a
UNC-CH alumnus, said one of the most spectacular sights he witnessed
during his long life was that of a pileated woodpecker tearing the bark
from a North Carolina tree. Five species of woodpecker made Campbell's
Orange County list, including the pileated. So if you've got a
spectacular -- or odd -- local bird story that involves any of the
species already listed, please write us with that, too.
The Chapel Hill News will print a selection of your responses later.
We look forward to your bird lore.
David Schulman can be reached at 918-2022 ext. 377 or dschulma@nando.com
The Triangle Land Conservancy's "Rating Land In Orange County By Its
Wildlife Value." List Compiled
By Susan Campbell.
Sharp-shinned hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
Barred owl
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Hairy woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker
Eastern wood-pewee
Acadian flycatcher
Great crested flycatcher
White-breasted nuthatch
Wood thrush
Solitary vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Northern parula
Pine warbler
Black-and-white warbler
American redstart
Worm-eating warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana waterthrush
Kentucky warbler
Hooded warbler
Scarlet tanager
Green heron
Turkey vulture
Red-tailed hawk
Northern bobwhite
Mourning dove
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Belted kingfisher
Red-bellied woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Northern flicker
Blue jay
American crow
Carolina chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Brown-headed nuthatch
Carolina wren
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
American robin
Gray catbird
Brown thrasher
White-eyed vireo
Summer tanager
Northern cardinal
Rufous-sided towhee
Common grackle
Brown-headed cowbird
Canada goose
Mallard
Killdeer
Chimney swift
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern kingbird
Purple martin
Northern rough-winged sparrow
Cliff swallow
Barn swallow
Fish crow
Eastern bluebird
European starling
Prairie warbler
Common yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted chat
Blue grosbeak
Indigo bunting
Chipping sparrow
Field sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
House finch
American goldfinch
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Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Zoology
jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/