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March 2009 Bird Blog
Durham, NC 3/29/09
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| Egyptian Goose |
Durham, NC 3/28/09
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Durham, NC 3/27/09
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| Mourning Dove |
Durham, NC 3/24/09
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| Chipping Sparrows engaged in a territorial battle |
Weymouth Woods, Moore County, NC March 22-23, 2009
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| Pine Warbler, near bird feeder behind the Visitor Center, 3/22. Note the banded leg. | Hermit Thrush, deep in the woods, 3/23 |
Durham, NC 3/21/09
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| Cedar Waxwings (two of three seen) | |||||
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 3/20/09
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| Red-tailed Hawk | White-throated Sparrow | Male Mallard in flight |
Durham, NC 3/20/09
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| Male Purple Finch | Female or juvenile Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 3/19/09
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| Northern Flicker, seen near my neighborhood swamp | ||||||||||||||
Durham, NC 3/18/09
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| Pine Siskin in the morning gloom. Yes, they're still coming! | Pine Siskin | Male Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 3/17/09
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| Dark-eyed Junco | Blue Jay |
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| Northern Mockingbird | Grackles in flight | Grackles and cowbirds |
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| Female House Finch |
Durham, NC 3/16/09
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| Brown-headed Nuthatch making a hole in a wooden chimney. This behavior is similar to that of Downy Woodpeckers in this respect, except that Downies can be scared off! | |||||
Durham, NC 3/12/09
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| Female Northern Cardinal | Male Northern Cardinal | Male Purple Finch |
Carolina Beach Marina, New Hanover County, NC 3/9/09
This Brown Pelican came in for a landing, keeping an eye on me the whole time. OK, the last picture was of a different pelican... This was an ideal place for pelicans to catch fish, because the fish were confused by the dead end that the marina created.
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Here are some more Brown Pelican pictures:
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
Lake Park, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/9/09
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| Male Mallards: Note how the angle of light makes their heads look purple instead of the usual green | Pied-bill Grebe | American Coot | Lesser Scaup | Relatively large mystery flies, which raced in rapid circles on the water before landing on this mass of algae. |
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| Common Starling (formerly known as the European Starling). This bird actually showed up a few blocks away from Lake Park. | Northern Mockingbird, a few blocks from Lake Park |
Fort Fisher Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC 3/8/09
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| Red-headed Woodpecker, near Visitor Center | |||||||||||||||||||
Lake Park, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 3/8/09
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| Pied-bill Grebe | Two Embden Gesse, a male Mallard, and a Chinese Goose (a domesticated version of the Swan Goose). | Male Boat-tailed Grackle | Female Boat-tailed Grackle | Blue Swede |
Fort Fisher Recreational Area (Basin Trail) 3/7/09
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| Yellow-rumped Warblers, a small sample of hundreds seen in the maritime forest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| More Yellow-rumped Warblers | |||||
Durham, NC 3/4/09
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| American Robin | This Blue Jay perched on a limb over the hawk on the right, scolding fairly continuously, as if to be saying, "Can't you see that creepy photographer?" | This Red-shouldered Hawk was keeping an eye on me, but ignoring the Blue Jay. |
Durham, NC 3/3/09
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| Male Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 3/2/09
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| Tufted Titmouse. Yes, those white things are ice: it had snowed the night before and the temperature was below freezing most of the day. | White-throated Sparrow | Brown-headed Nuthatch | White-breasted Nuthatch |
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