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Re: Mattamuskeet during Christmas, place to stay



On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Kate Finlayson wrote:
> 
> We would like to visit the Matamuskeet refuge and/or
> other coastal areas of NC during Christmas break.
> Does anyone have any great ideas where to go to see
> the most birds late DEC. and a great place to stay for
> a few nights? Kate

I would recommend the Cape Pines Motel in Buxton, NC. I stayed there 
once, just before the 1998 spring NAMC. The Cape Pines is owned and 
operated by birders, and has a hummingbird feeder out front which 
occasionally brings in a customer in the winter. Buxton is where Cape 
Point is located, is about half an hour's drive south of Pea and Bodie 
Islands and Oregon Inlet, and is even closer to Hatteras and the ferry to 
Okracoke; from Okracoke, you can catch another ferry to Swan Quarter, 
which is close to Mattamuskeet. Reserve a room early though: because Cape 
Point is so close to Buxton, the motels often fill up with fishermen 
heading out to the Point...

Good luck,

Josh



Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Zoology

jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/