Hi All, Visited Beaver Lake today and had the following.(A few folks asked me if I knew who repaired the steps by the drainage pond,
and asked me to pass on a hearty Thank You!!) Beaver Lake Sanctuary, Buncombe, US-NC Oct 17, 2011 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 33 species Pied-billed Grebe 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Coot 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 12 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 5 Cedar Waxwing 25 Tennessee Warbler 2 Northern Parula 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 5 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 12 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) B-flies: Common Buckeye Question Mark Viceroy Cabbage White Odes:!!! Shadow Darner Blue Dasher Eastern Pondhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Eastern Forktail Fragile Forktail Variable Dancer Citrine Forktail LILYPAD FORKTAIL!!! Found this new guy & gal on the lilypads at the end of the stream from the drainage pond where it enters the lake.I was able to get a pic (very poor) of the male, end of abdomen bent down
touching the lilypad. Vin Stanton Asheville