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Re: Advancing wildlife
- To: Jchat99@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Advancing wildlife
- From: "Carol Williamson" <carolw@sandler-recht.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:35:32 -0400
- CC: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Organization: Sandler & Recht Communications
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A fisherman at Brickhouse Road/Butner Gamelands told me recently that a coyote
was found there. It had been hit by a car. That was the first one I had heard
about in this area.
Carol Williamson
Durham, NC
carolw@sandler-recht.com
Jchat99@aol.com wrote:
> I find it very fascinating (having a Geography major at UNC) reading
> about wildlife advancing this way. Will mentioned the armadillo in South
> Carolina. I remember an article several years back speculating about when
> they might cross the Savannah River from Georgia into the Palmetto State.
> Obviously, they have made it. I wonder when the first one will appear in
> NC. In the Triangle, we have seen the first invasion columns of fire ants
> plus the first incursions the last several years of alligators (Raleigh,
> Vance County, Alamance County). I predict in several years it will not be
> uncommon finding a few in Jordan and Falls Lakes. Looking down the road, I
> have heard that Texas Browns (Tarantulas, that is!) have crossed the
> Mississippi River. They are heading this way!!! Another animal that has
> spread its range rapidly is coyotes, now many being seen in this state.
> Now, if we could just get a report of a Bohemian Waxwing or Great Gray
> Owl in NC!!!!
>
> John Frederick
> Durham, NC
> Jchat99@aol.com