Field notes, v668
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Oct. 23, 1966, Henderson, Vance Co., High Point, Guilford Co. N. Carolina. 9-10:30a.m.EST. Turkey Vulture Downy Woodpecker Crows Starlings Red-tailed Hawk Blue Jay Mockingbirds House Sparrow 9121 Oct. 26, 1966, Blue Ridge Parkway, Oteen,Buncombe Co.to Boone, Watauga Co. N.Car. Cold, windy, heavy clouds-fog. 1130-2:30 p.m. EST. Including Mt. Mitchell. Blue Heron Blue Jay Hermit Thrush C. Crackles Broadwing Hawk Ravens Starlings - Cowbirds Ruffed Grouse Carolina Wrens Myrtle Warbler Ruf-sided Towhee Mourning Dove Catbird La. Waterthrush Slate-color Juncos Yellow-shafted Flicker Robins Rusty Blackbirds -flocks at M.Mitchell summit 9122 Oct. 27, 1966, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co. Va. 1130-12 noon EST. Clear and cold. Blue Jay Tufted Titmouse Cardinal Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wrens singing loudly 9123 Near Lexington: 12:15 noon. Turkey and Black Vultures Sparrow Hawk Shrike. Nov. 25, 1966, Bombay Hook NWR, Kent Co. Dela. 4:10- 5 p.m. warm, ovc. dusk. Pied-billed Grebe Turkey Vulture - 50 Blue Jay Blue Heron Black Vulture - 10 roosted CommonCrow Starlings -1000's Canada Goose- 1000's Rough-legged Hawk House Sparrow Snow Goose - 100's Marsh Hawk - 2 Eastern Meadowlark Blue Goose - few Sparrow Hawk - 2 Redwings - 1000's Mallard - 1000's Coot Rusty Blackbirds Black Duck - 100's Dunlins Cowbirds Gadwall - few Black-back Gull Sharp-tailed Sparrows Pintail - 1000's Herring Gull Slate-colored Juncos Green-winged Teal - few Ring-billed Gulls Swamp Sparrows Shoveller - 2 Mourning Doves Song Sparrows Greater Scaup - 6 Kingfisher Ruddy Duck - 12's Barn Swallow 9124 Nov. 27, 1966, Pine Hill, near home, Montgomery Co. Md. 3:10-3:50 p.m. EST. Clear, breezy Mourning Dove. Carolina Chickadee -20 Cardinal - 2 pr. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Tufted Titmouse - 2 Purple Finch - h Downy Woodpecker Mockingbird - 3 C. Goldfinch - 6 Blue Jay Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Slate-color Junco - 12's Common Crow Starlings - 12 9125 a Dec. 4, 1966, Cape Henlopen, Sussex Co. Delaware. 7:15-8:45a.m.EST. 20°Brkn. N25-30mph. Red-throated Loon - 6 Bufflehead - 8 E. Meadowlark Horned Grebes - 20 Ruddy Turnstone - 2 Redwings Double-crested Cormorants-7 Sanderlings -15 Rusty Blackbirds Great Blue Herons - 2 Dunlins - 2 ***Ipswich Sparrow-Passerulus princeps*** Brant - 75-100 Black-backed Gull-10 2 pr? total of 1 in sandy-grass area. Canada Goose - 800 Herring Gull-126 Iapland Longspur - 3 with Mallards - 12' Black Ducks-10 Ring-billed Gull 12's Snow Buntings - 300 or so on headland. Baldpates - 6 Bonaparte Gull '2' Song Sparrows - 2 Greater Scaup -50 Tree Swallow -4 Ruddy Duck - 20 C. Crows Old Squaws-70 E. Mockingbirds Common Scoter-6 Starlings White-winged Scoters-40 Myrtle Warblers - 6 Red-breasted Mergansers-6 House Sparrow Dec. 4, 1966, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co. Del. 9-9:30 a.m. Cold, ovc. strong winds. Canada Goose - 150 Common Merganser - 1 Blue Jay, Mocker, Robin Canlards - 6 Hooded Merganser -7 Starling, Myrtle Warbler, Cardinal Canvasbacks - 700 Coot - 2 Redwings and Meadowlarks Greater Scaup - 6 Herring, Ring-bill, Bonaparte Gulls Ruddies - 100 9126