| << Back 9/18/02 Nature notebook SMN Birds: Despite a soggy weekend, those who searched reported a number of migrants still passing through the region. ° Great egret, great blue heron, killdeer, turkey vulture, black vulture and eastern phoebe, (Lake Emory 9/13, Don Hendershot) ° American kestrel ( fields along NC 28 just north of Macon County airport 9/13, Don Hendershot) ° Broad-winged hawk, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, Swainson’s thrush, hermit thrush, veery, blue-gray gnatcatcher, magnolia warbler, Tennessee warbler, black-and-white warbler, black-throated blue warbler, black-throated green warbler, hooded warbler, northern parula, chestnut-sided warbler, worm-eating warbler, blackburnian warbler, blackpoll warbler, scarlet tanager, and rose-breasted grosbeak (among species recorded 9/14.15 during migrant survey at Balsam Mountain Preserve, Don Hendershot & Bob Olthoff) ° Yellow-headed blackbird (Phinizy Swamp Nature Preserve Augusta, GA 9/15 reported from Carolina birds listserv)
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