| << Back 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.
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