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    Best May bird?

    Had some really good birds last month, but I think the winner is Canada warbler.
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Canada warbler, back on May 16.
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    Yesterday morning: 105 Eastern meadowlark 106 Northern bobwhite 107 Blue grosbeak 108 Purple martin
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    2006 Nesting season

    In the park saw fledged Carolina wrens chasing their parents around. Also a young fledged brown thrasher.
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    How Big is Your....

    I have had quite a good spring and have reached 208 on my life list. Before this spring it had sat at 201 for almost a year. All of the new birds were added right here within about 50 miles of Charlotte.
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    At what age did you start birding & for how many years

    I started at age 38, about 4 years ago. I must be one of the few who had no particular interest in birds until around the time I started birding--I hardly noticed them at all. My wife had been urging me to find a hobby, and had suggested bird watching, which sounded good to me. Once I got...
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    Got these three yesterday afternoon exploring a new (to me at least) greenway path on the outskirts of town: 102 Black vulture 103 Yellow-billed cuckoo 104 Indigo bunting This puts me 14 above my total for the entire year last year. Although I did have an illness which kept me from birding...
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    Finally got a chance to get out yesterday after a very hectic couple of weeks. Was a little slow, but did get one bird for my year list, which was also a lifer: 101. Canada warbler (life #209)
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    Best April bird

    Red-cockaded woodpecker, April 18 at Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge. Runner-up would probably be the yellow-bellied flycatcher at the same location.
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    2006 Nesting season

    This morning I ran across a pair of house wrens busily carrying nesting material into a cavity on the underside of a large tree limb. Also saw a couple of Canada goose pairs with young.
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    Finally got to 100 this morning: 98. Barn swallow 99. Green heron 100. Red-eyed vireo
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    This morning: 91. Scarlet tanager 92. Black-throated green warbler 93. Veery 94. Acadian flycatcher 95. Louisiana waterthrush 96. Northern parula 97. Wood thrush
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    2006 Nesting season

    Wednesday morning (3 days ago) I saw a brown thrasher on the nest. That same afternoon saw yellow-crowned night herons nesting. Have seen robins also nesting, but no hatchlings seen yet.
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    Morning walk for migrants

    Finally got some of the anticipated spring migrants this morning during a very nice walk in Latta Park, a local urban park here in Charlotte. Here is my list for the walk: Northern mockingbird Gray catbird Mourning dove American robin House finch European starling Common grackle Yellow-rumped...
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    Haven't had much time for birding lately, or for visiting this forum. Did have a very nice morning today which resulted in the following: 81. Gray catbird 82. Blackpoll warbler (lifer #207) 83. Baltimore oriole 84. American redstart 85. Black-throated blue warbler 86. Eastern wood peewee 87...
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