I couldn't find the parking lot and trail on the left (saw them on my way
back!), so I parked across from the orange gate a little further down Bear
Creek Rd. Immediately heard a white-eyed vireo. Other nice birds included
blue-grays, gray catbird, two common yellowthroats, four parulas (one above
my parked car), lots of chippies and ( of course) field sparrows.
White-throated sparrows were singing. Along the road near there I heard
meadowlarks and a wood thrush.
I had a mystery bird - looked like a vireo with eye rings, but no song I
recognized. It did end on a higher note, but didn't sound like a warbling
vireo.
Kitti
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Dr. Barbara C. (Kitti) Reynolds
Professor Emerita, Department of Environmental Studies
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC 28804
