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Re: Carolinabirds archives, "72 Birds..."



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/