[Bristol-Birds] Fw: Henderson County/Hurricane Fallout (NC)
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:24:42 -0400
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From: "wayne forsythe" <wforsythe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "birds" <carolinabirds@xxxxxxxx>; "norma siebenheller"
<sieb@xxxxxxxxxx>; "ron selvey" <rlselvey2@xxxxxxxxx>; "marilyn westphal"
<mjwestphal@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: Henderson County/Hurricane Fallout
> Folks:
> Well, after a very long drought of shorebirds this migration,
> Hurricane Francis has been very kind to us, birdwise that is. For weeks,
no
> shorebirds of consequence has been observed in the county. After 1 1/2
days
> of rain, 8-12" depending on your location, I was finally able to get out
to
> Hooper Lane/ Jeffress Road area of Henderson County. To say the flooding
> was extensive is an understatement. Hooper Lane is virtually under water
> with a very small area still dry. Myself, Ron Selvey, Marilyn Westphal
and
> John Lindfors birded the area late this afternoon until poor visibility
and
> rain chased us home. I would guestimate there were at least 1000-1500
> shorebirds present as well as Terns. The following species were present
and
> it was very difficult to come up with a good count of many species!
> Black-bellied Plover 6 Golden Plover 4 Sanderling
> 4
> Stilt S/P Many Greater Yellowlegs Many
Lesser
> Yellowlegs Many
> Forster's Terns Black Tern Several
> Dunlin Many
> Semi-palmated Plovers Many Short-billed Dowitchers-many
> Buff-breasted S/p 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPE 4 MARBLED GODWIT 2
> PROBABLE HUDSONIAN GODWIT 3 Pectoral S/P many
> Least S/P many Semi-palmated S/P many Western S/P
> Many
> Common Terns - probable Peregrine Falcon 1
> I took photos of the Phalaropes and both Godwits. Two of the Godwits were
> very cinnamon, base of bills very pink and the backs were heavily barred.
> The other 3 Godwit were very gray and plain with prominant, white,
> supercilian eye stripes. I want some others to look at the pics before
> making the call. The difference between the two groups was very, very
> stark.
> This is definately the best shorebird day I have had in 18 years
in
> the mountains!
> Best regards,
> Wayne
>
> Wayne K. Forsythe
> Hendersonville, N. C. 28791
> 828-697-6628
> wforsytheATearthlink.net
>
>
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