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6/19/02

The Nature Notebook

SMN


Birds:
° The nesting scissor-tailed flycatchers in Monroe, NC, near Charlotte are still present. They are on private property, contact Anne Olsen at bolsen@trellis.net.

° Laughing gull, in second year plummage at Lake Junaluska (6/12 — Bob Olthoff)

° Prairie warbler, yellow-breasted chat, yellow-throated vireo, yellow-throated warbler, indigo bunting, chestnut-sided warbler and golden-winged warbler at Tallulah Bog. Directions, US 19/74 through Nantahala gorge to Topton. North on US 129 towards Robbinsville,pass over look on right watch for Ledbetter Rd. Rt. on Ledbetter Rd., take first left (gravel road) you are at the bog (6/12 Bob Olthoff, Kathy King & Beth Brinson)

° Alder flycatchers still at Richland Balsam ( Kathy King & Beth Brinson)

° Eastern Kingbird, broad-winged hawk, yellow-breasted Chat, and common yellowthroat along Macon County Greenway in Franklin (6/9 Beth Brinson & Kathy King)

° White ibis, three immature white ibis were seen near Four Seasons Marsh on Four Seasons Blvd. in Henderson County (6/16 Wayne Forsythe reported on Carolina birds listserv)

° Mourning warbler at Roan Mountain State Park along the NC-TN state line on Hwy 143 (6/16 reported from the Tennessee listserv)

The white-winged cross reported from Tega Cay, SC, last week has not been seen since 6/10.


Wildflowers:
° New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus; Indian-pipe, Monotropa uniflora; flowering spurge, Euphorbia corollata; pipsissewa, Chimaphila maculta; basil balm, Monarda didyma; whorled loosestrife, Lysimachia quadrifolia; and Canada violet, Viola canadensis along Section Seven of the Bartram Trail (Beth Brinson & Kathy King)

° Michaux’s saxifrage, Saxifraga michauxii; galax, Galax aphylla; bowman’s root, Gillenia trifolia ta; pale corydalis, Corydalis sempervirens and tall meadowrue, Thalictrum dasycarpum along Section Two of the Bartram Trail (Kathy King & Beth Brinson)

° Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis along Heintooga Rd. off the Blue Ridge Parkway (Don Hendershot)

The Nature Notebook is open to submissions from all readers. Sightings of wildlife and native vegetation and also scenic vistas can be included. Send all pertinent information to don@smokymountainnews.com.