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Masked Booby NOT seen today



I just noticed this was accidentally sent to Carolinaleps instead of 
Carolinabirds.  That's what you get for trying to send a message after 
a one-day trip to the Banks! :-)

Another fun bird we saw yesterday at Bodie -- a Red-breasted Nuthatch.

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Date sent:      	Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:02:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:           	Jeff Pippen <jspippen@duke.edu>
To:             	carolinaleps@duke.edu
Subject:        	Masked Booby NOT seen today

Birders,

Just a quick note & then off to bed.  Today (Wed 27 Sep 00) Will Cook and 
I made a mad dash to the Outer Banks in search of Masked Booby.  We did 
NOT see it.  We searched the south end of Oregon Inlet, the beach 
opposite North Pond, Coquina Beach, and the beach by the Outer Banks 
Fishing Pier just south of Whalebone Junction.

Migrant passerines were a little disappointing as well, since we had high 
hopes with the recent passage of a cold front, however we still managed a 
dozen species of warblers, including Blackpoll, Blackburnian, Cape May, & 
Magnolia.  Also interesting were a couple of Snow Geese at North Pond -- 
seemed a tad early for them.  The best bird of the day was a Clay-colored 
Sparrow seen in the back corner of the north dike of North Pond with 
Wayne Irvin.  (Well, the sparrow wasn't with Wayne, we had just run into 
him there . . .)

Also of note, Wayne and Jeff Lewis reported seeing at least one 
Philadelphia Vireo from Bodie Isand this morning.  We looked for it this 
afternoon but were unable to relocate it.

Although we were disappointed about not finding the booby, we still 
mustered 93 species for what seemed like a relatively slow day! 


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Jeff Pippen   	 				 jspippen@duke.edu
Biology Dept. Box 90338				
Duke University, Durham, NC  27708		PH: (919) 660-7278
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