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- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- From: "Robert C. Perkins" <rperkins@infi.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 08:46:33 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Today being my first day off of the long Christmas weekend, I
decided to check some ponds in preparation for the Cumberland County
CBC on the 26th. I'm concerned by the continuing lack of small
birds, especially sparrows. I have more action in my yard in an hour
at lunch than I saw this morning, and not for the first time.
However, in addition to the 40 Canada geese and 8 mallards on a
golf course pond, I found 6 green-winged teal feeding along a wooded
edge at long range. I went back to the house and returned with my
scope to nail down the id. The g-ws were my first in that location
and my first in Cumberland County. Now, if they'll just hang around
until Tuesday. . . . .
I had read somewhere that pied-billed grebes are insectivores.
Today I saw one that had caught a fish too large to swallow easily.
The grebe was swimming around and working on swallowing. How did I
spot it? A brown grebe with a bright white neck/breast is
distinctly unusual.
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu