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for members of the Carolina Bird Club, Inc., ornithological society of the Carolinas

Volume 39 January/February 1993 Number 1

The Lure of the Hills in Spring

On May 7, 1993 the Carolina Bird
Club will return to western North
Carolina for its spring meeting.
Headquarters will be the historic Lake
Lure Inn. In 1928 the New York
Times called it the "little Waldorf of
the South." The Inn has attracted the
likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, F.

Scott Fitzgerald and Emily Post..

This distinctive 50 room inn has
been recently renovated and blends the
ambience of an era gone by with the
comforts of a modem vacation and
meeting facility in a unique resort area. It .
is located on picturesque Lake Lure just
minutes from Chimney Rock. Bat Cave
and Hickory Nut Gorge.

The special room rate for our meeting is
$60 plus tax per .room with continental
breakfast included. Rooms which will
accommodate three to four persons are
limited so you should request these rooms
early. For reservations use the form
provided in the Newsletter with a deposit
or call 800-277-5872. Three day's
cancellation norice is required for refund of
deposit. Deadline for registration
is April 10.

There are other small bed and breakfast
accommodations in the area. Dogwood
Inn has eight rooms with full breakfast at
$55-$65. Call (704) 625-4403.
Gingerbread Inn has five rooms at $45-

$65. Call (704) 626-4038.

Registration for the meeting will begin
at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 7 in the
lobby, of the Lake Lure Inn. There will be
a social hour Friday evening from 7:00-
8:00 p.m. followed by a short program
and preview of Saturday field trips.
Saturday evening events will include a
social hour, the annual business meeting
with election of officers and a guest
speaker. The count-down of birds seen on
the field trips will conclude the evening.

Two early bird field trips are planned for
Friday afternoon including one to the
Nature Conservancy Bat Cave preserve
which requires advance registration. Meet
in the lobby of the Lake Lure Inn at 1:00
p.m. on Friday, May 7 for these trips.

In addition to the Friday afternoon trip a
second field trip to Bat Cave is planned for

Sunday morning. May 9. Bat Cave,
a 93 acre preserv e of exceptional
beauty, is believed to be the most
extensive fissure cave in North
America. Spring wildflowers will
be a special attraction of these trips.
Both trips require advance
registration and a $10 fee. There is a
limit of 12 participants for each trip.
Please use the registration form
jirovided.

Saturday field trips will include
Chimney Rock Park, Hendersonville
marsh, and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Remember that if you want to bird on
your own before, after or during the
meeting. Birds of the Blue Ridge
Mountains by CBC member Marcus B.
Simpson, Jr. is an invaluable resource. It
is available in paperback for $14.95 in
local bookstores or by mail from The
University of North Carolina Press, P.O.
Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288.
Mail orders add $3.00 shipping and
handling with 6% tax for NC residents.

INSIDE

Earthwatch Needs You 2
Backyard Birding 3

Hummingbird ID 4

Field Trips 5

Pelican Watch

6

The Traveling Birdwatcher

Volunteers Needed

for Worldwide Ornithological Research

Watertown, MA :..Earth watch, a non- •
profit organization that provides funding
to field scientists worldwide, is recruiting
volunteers for a unique, hands-on
experience assisting in ornithological
research. Since 1971, this international
company of scientists, artists, and citizens
from 20 countries has welcomed people,
regardless of age or educational
background, who like to solve- problems.

Earth watch President, Bnan Rosborough
says, "Wit, moxie, tolerance for surprise,
and natural inclination for seeking
solutions are the common denominators
for the 65,000 members of Earthwatch."
The projects enable each participant to be
an astronaut of this generation, offering a
"once-in-a-lifetime" chance to serve the
world up close in the company of dedicated
experts and to return something to the
environment. "Earthwatch alone offers the
individual the opportunity to act, not just
send money or change a vote, but to
engage the mind and talent in solving
fascinating problems," adds Rosborough.

Volunteers are immediately needed for
' the following projects:

* Dancing Birds, Monteverde
Cloud Forest, Costa Rica— In
one of the world's most beautiful
tropical forests, volunteers will mist-
net long-tailed manakins, famous for
their courtship acrobatics. Field work
also entails radio-tracking the birds and
observing males' reactions to painted
decoys. Volunteers stay in a rented
house and enjoy local cooking. Teams
depart April -June 1993.

* Loons, Great Lakes, Michigan-
Stationed at Seney National Wildlife
Refuge, volunteers will work day shifts
observing previously color-marked
adult loons to determine if high
mercury levels are causing changes in
the birds' daily routine. Teams depart
May- August 1993.

* Songbirds, Ontario, Canada—
Bird watchers census over 350 songbird

populations on a wetland peninsula
jutting into Lake Erie to determine if
populations are declining. Volunteers
determine daily totals, net and band
birds, and fake age estimates and body
measurements.' Teams are housed at a
field station and share cooking. Teams
depart July-November 1993.

Birds of the Hebrides, Isle of
Islay, Scotland -Housed and fed at a
Scottish guest house in the Loch
Gruinart Nature Reserve, volunteers use
binoculars and telescopes to monitor
the acrobatic and gregarious Chough
and determine how land use affects
breeding. Teams depart April -June
1993.

Hungary's Songbirds, Ocsa
Landscape Reserve, Hungary-
Working on Eastern Europe’s premier
bird migration project, volunteers tend
mist nets, record measurements and
banding information, measure food
resources, and restore the mosaic of
marsh habitats. Volunteers stay in
tents. Teams depart July-August 1993.

Wings Over China, Beidaihe,
Hehei Province, North China—

At a popular resort on China's coast,
volunteers monitor cranes, bustards,
and raptors which until 1985 had not
been monitored for 40 years. During
peak migration, crews record migrants
from watchpoints. A modem hotel
provides housing and evening meals.
Teams depart September-October 1993.

Australia's Shrinking
Wildlands, Kellerberrin,

Western Australia— In this rich
farming region, volunteers study the
remaining 192 bird species. Volunteers
erect and patrol mist nets, measure and
release birds, and prepare banding site
lists. A converted farmhouse houses
volunteers, and staff prepare meals.
Teams depart April-October 1993.

* Tropical Forest Invaders, Las
Cruces, Southern Costa Rica —
Based in a modem research station with
a cook, fit volunteers mist-net
humnungbirds, monitor hummingbird
pollinator visits, and garden in an
exotic 200 hectare tropical rain forest
reserve assessing damage from
herbivores. Teams depart March- April
1993.

* Sierra Wildlife, Tahoe National
Forest, California— Camping in
comfortable tents at a field station,
volunteers document the abundance of
prey species including the threatened
Spotted Owl. Volunteers also
determine what owls and hawks are
eating, and identify, sex, tag, and
release captured animals. Teams depart
June-August, 1993.

* Cliffs of Guernsey, Guernsey
Island, United Kingdom— On one

of the Channel Islands just north of
France, volunteers examine the impact
of a dense island population. Field
work entails surveying Guernsey's
beautiful cliffs and inland habitats, and
. identifying birds and plant cover.
Volunteers stay in a guest house.
Teams depart July -August 1993.

* Mediterranean Island Wildlife,
S'Albufera, Mallorca— In view of
impressive mountains, volunteers
observe environmental change within
an extensive network of waterways and
reed beds. Volunteers mist-net birds
and examine the effects of new water
management systems. Teams stay in '
dorm rooms and enjoy Spanish food.
Teams depart March-October 1993.

All projects are led by scientists and are
10 days to three weeks in length.
Volunteers are trained in the field; special
skills are welcome but not necessary.
Anyone age 16 or older is eligible to
apply. All project contributions, which
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CBC Winter & Spring

Field Trips

Oconee County Hot Spots

Leaders: Teddy and Ned Shuler Limit:

Oconee County, South Carolina boasts
of having 1000 miles of shoreline-not bad
for a county six hours inland from Myrtle
Beach! But we are virtually an island
surrounded by Hartwell lake, the
Chattooga and Tugaloo Rivers, and dotted
with many small mountain lakes. Both
Keowee and Jocassee Lakes are also here;
so naturally we will look for ducks and
other waterfowl on this trip.

Oconee also boasts thousands of acres of
the Sumter National Forest, pastures, and
a variety of other habitats to support

sparrows and varied winter species. Ned »
and Teddy will share some of their favorite
birding spots with you.

The nearest motel is a new Days Inn in
Seneca eight miles from Clemson (803)
885-07 10 (toll free reservations 800-325-
2525). Clemson also has Ramada.
Comfort, and Holiday Inns.

Meet at 8:00 am in front of Ingles in the
Scenic Plaza Shopping Center at the
intersection of Highway 11 (Cherokee
Foothills Scenic Highway) and Highway
28 between Seneca and Walhalla.

February 20, 1993

20 Participants Cost: $10

Note: Townvitle is not far from
Oconee. Those who are interested in
visiting this well known hotspot could
stay over and plan a side trip there on
Sunday.

Registration: Contact Teddy or
Ned Shuler at (803) 944-0236 to reserve
space. Send registration form with fee to
CBC headquarters.

April 17, 1993

Limit: 15 Participants Cost: $10

Wilmington Area Spring

Leader: Ricky Davis

The Wilmington area Of southeastern
North Carolina can be very rewarding for
birds in springtime. This one day trip
will go to Several of the local hot spots
for shorebird and land bird migrants.

Meet at Greenfield Lake Park parking
area (on US 421 S, Carolina Beach Road)
at 7:00 a.m. We will then bird areas
around the lake for migrants. Then we

Birds

will head to Carolina Beach State Park to
continue land birding. After lunch, we
will go to Ft. Fisher to look for
sliorebirds and wading birds. We will
spend most of the afternoon in this
normally bird-rich locale. There will be
moderate walking while at Ft. Fisher, and
we will bird as long as we continue to see
birds. The day’s birding will end around

5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Accomodations are plentiful in
Wilmington and the local beaches.

Registration: Contact Ricky Davis
at (919) 443-0276 to reserve space. Send
registration form with fee to CBC
headquarters.

Registration Form

CBC Special Field Trips

Name(s)_

Address

(list each participant)
City

State

Zip.

Enclosed is my check in the amount of $_

.for the following field trips: Oconee County, February 20, 1993 ($10)

Wilmington Area Spring Birds, April 17, 1993 ($10). I have called the appropriate trip leader to ensure that space is available.

Mail with check to Carolina Bird Club, Inc.. PO Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611

Magnolia Plantation Bird Walks

Magnolia Plantation offers guided bird
wnlks on its 500 acre grounds every
Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. Perry
Nugent or Magnolia's staff will lead the
walks which encompass the old ricefields
and marsh area, woodlands and the
Audubon Swamp Garden. Refreshments

are served at the end of the walk.

A reservation for the walk is required.
The cost of admission includes entry to
Magnolia Gardens ant the Audubon
Swamp Garden. For more information or
to make reservations call Betsy Veronee at
(803)571-1266.

CBC Rare Bird Alert
(704) 332-BIRD

First Documented

On November 14, 1992, after 12 noon,
and while changing hummer food in one
of my feeders, I noticed a hummingbird
drinking from another feeder close by on
my back deck. For the rest of the day it
came to drink about every twenty minutes.
The bird frequented the feeders for the next
five days. The earliest it appeared was
6: 15 a.m., and the latest was 6:30 p.m.

On the sixth day (November 20) it was
finally trapped for banding.

After a series of measurements in
accordance with the scientific studies as
published by Dr. F. G. Styles and Dr. W.
H. Baitosser, it was measured out to be a
Rufous Hummingbird ( Se las pf torus rufus )
Hatching Year Female.

I could not sight identify it and neither
could those many people who came to see
it. Two guessed and said it was an
Allen's; someone else said a "brown
Ruby-throat-they get reddish/brown in the
winter you know." With the ever
changing weather patterns recently, and the
expanding range of certain western
hummingbirds, I am once again appealing
to those who claim to be able to identify
winter hummingbirds in the field to come
forward and let us know how it is done.
You will receive the credit you deserve,

"Hey! Look at that pelican, it has a blue
band on its leg! I wonder where it came
from?

If you see one of these birds we'd like to
hear from you. In return we’ll send you a
letter with some general information on
Maryland's pelicans, including when and
where the bird that you observed was
banded. During 1992. 32 fledglings were
marked with blue plastic tarsal bands
bearing a white three character
alpha/numeric code to facilitate study of
dispersal from the northernmost colony on
the Atlantic coast. In past years fledglings
have been reported from as far north as
central long Island. New York and as far
south as northern Florida within four
months of leaving Maryland.

Please report any observations of these
pelicans to Dadd F. Brinker, Maryland
Department of Natural Resources , P. O

Box 68, Wye Mills, MD 21679, phone
(410) 827-8612 and to the Bird Banding
Laboratory, Office of Migratory Bird
Management, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Laurel, MD 20 70S.

Banding of Rufous Hummingbird in NC

and you will have the satisfaction of
knowing that you have advanced
ornithological data in the Carolinas.

As soon as photographs taken of the
bird which 1 banded are received from the
processor, they will be sent to the N. C.
State Museum of Natural History in
Raleigh.

Postscript:

It has been brought to my attention that
another Rufous Hummingbird was banded
near the end of 1991, in or near Charlotte,
NC. Ethical banders do not go into
another bander's territory and band a bird
without first asking the other bander if
"he is interested in banding it."

A case in point: in February, 1990, I
was asked by a fellow bander to come to
SC and band a Rufous Hummingbird that
was spending the winter in someone's '
large greenhouse. I first contacted the
hummingbird bander in that state to see if
he was interested in this bird. He told me
in writing that he was not able to get to
the bird and 1 aiuld band it if I so desired.

I next contacted the S. C. Wildlife
Commission and received permission to
band the bird. This bird was banded on
April 2, 1990, in Greenville by this

writer.

I have spent the last eight months
trying to ascertain if a Rufous
Hummingbird was indeed banded in or
near Charlotte. I have found that ( 1 ) no
one knows its age, (2) no one knows its
sex, (3) no one can truthfully tell me that
it was indeed a Rufous, (4) no one knows
if any pictures exist of the banding or the
bird banded, (5) no one knows if there is a
picture showing the leg of the bird with
the band on it, (6) no one knows if
anyone beside the bander got an "in-the-
hand" look at the bird. Everything has
been kept quiet. Why all the secrecy?

As for the Charlotte Rufous and the SC
bander Vho banded it (without a NC
permit), I find this despicable and a breach
of unwritten banding ethics. I also find it
objectionable that an out of state bander
was contacted when I have made it known
all over North and South Carolina that I
am working on a- special project
involving western hummingbirds.

— Dorothy J. Foy
P.O. Box 457
Oriental, NC 28571

January 11— One month ago, as CJ
was getting ready to leave for work. We
noticed a bird in the garage window. CJ
had already opened the garage door to let
the big dog out, so we don't know how
long the bird had been in the garage, but it
could have been there overnight. It had
been long enough for the bird to have
pecked a dent in the wtxxl around the
window. The bird finally took a break
from pecking and flying at the glass, and
we realized it was a Hermit Thrush. CJ
had to leave, and, of course, when he
walked out the door to get into his truck,
the bird became active once again. After
CJ left, I walked out the front door and
around to the garage window. When 1 was
within two feet of the window the thnish
flew out of the garage. Thank goodness,
the little hermit hasn't been back.

December 1 3 began with a Red-
shouldered Hawk in a tree near our
bedroom window. The hawk didn't stay
very long; 1 guess he figured he could find
better fare elsewhere. Later in the day we
had a Pine Warbler at the summer suet and
a Song Sparrow on the platform feeder.
The sparrow has become a regular visitor
(except on feeder count days), but the
warbler's visits are sporadic.

On December 23 on our evening walk
we heard the "peent" of a woodcock. As
we stopped to listen, it began its wing
twitter and then flight song. This is about
a month earlier than we heard these sounds
last year. Since then we have heard
woodcocks nearly every evening. We have
counted at least three different ones so far.

We began 1993 by putting up a bluebird
feeder CJ received for Christmas. We put
it on a post near the bluebird house, put
"plumped" raisins and dogwood berries in
a shallow cup on top of the pole and three
berries inside the feeder. Two days later
one dogwood berry was missing from the
cup and one from inside the feeder. We
check the feeder everyday, and usually a

Backyard Birding

with Frances J. Nelson

Great Homed Owl

couple of berries are missing, and one day
two raisins were gone, too. We have yet
to see a bluebird feeding, but something is
getting those berries. 1 did dream one
night that a bluebird was in the feeder, but
I don't think that counts.

On January 6 we heard two Great-
Homed Owls calling. Of course we
couldn't find them, but it is nice to hear
them again.

As I sat on the sofa facing the front door
on the afternoon of January 7, 1 noticed
movement on the other side of the pond.

I could see something crouched down and
another critter speeding along the trail
toward the first figure. As I watched. I
realized that the critters were Great Blue
Herons. The second flew about two feet
off the ground toward the first. When he
got about a foot from the crouched one,
that one suddenly stood up and flew off all
in one smooth motion. The "winner"
took two ballet steps out into the pond
and stood with his neck straight, as if to
say, "And don't ever come back here
again. This is MY pond."

Two days late, CJ called me to the front
door to see a crow chasing a Sharp-
shinned Hawk across the pond toward the

house. They each lit in separate trees and
stared at each other. Then two more crows
showed up. The first crow took off over
the pond and the hawk chased him around
the pond until the crow gave up and flew
away. Then a second crow left, and the
hawk chased him. The third crow decided
the hawk was too vicious and he left as
the hawk chased the second crow. The
hawk and the second crow disappeared over
the trees.

Other than that, we have had more than
enough House Finches. In fact, yesterday
CJ said that maybe we should stop filling
our feeders, so the House Finches will go
away. I really don't want to do that
because then we would miss our
chickadees, titmice, cardinals,
woodpeckers, and White-throated
Sparrows. 1 do wish we could get rid of
the House Finches though, because they
are cleaning out the feeders daily and
making a mess of the back deck. Any
suggestions?

Martha Frederick of Try on, NC
didn't give me any ideas about the finches,
but she did send a photograph of im albino
hummingbird. The hummer is really
pretty. The photo was taken August 19,
1992, in Etowah, NC. She said that the
bird stayed four days. Mrs. Frederick and
Simon Thompson observed the
hummer an hour or more as it fed with
several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Dave Abraham of West Columbia,
SC, is interested, as I am, too, in odd
things that fellow birders see seed-eaters
eat. A neighbor of his planted a row of
square-stalked basil-like plants that she
called sesame. The Purple Finches had a
feast in the fall. Mr. Abraham has some
pots of "crown basil” that got hit by frost,
and the juncos "delighted in them." He
also had a Ruby-crowned Kinglet on his
marvel meal feeder. Last year we had
kinglets at ours, but I suppose the House
Finches are keeping the kinglets away this
year. We do see kinglets down in the
woods daily but haven’t seen any around
the house this winter.

The Newsletter will be coming to you
more often this year, so 1 will really need
your input. Send your bird stories to
7 (X)6 Dogwood Hill Lane, Wake Forest,
NC 27587, or call (919) 528-2827.

Identification of the Black-chinned

by

Dorothy J. Foy

Since my identification article on the
Ruby-throated (Archilochus coluhris ),
Rufous (Selasphorus rufus ), and Allen's
( Selasphorus sasin ) Hummingbirds
appeared in the CBC Newsletter
(Summer, 1990, Vol. 36, No. 2), I have
been asked several times why 1 left out
identification of the Black-chinned
Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri ).
After reading many misidentifi cations in
the field of immature or female Rufous
Hummingbirds m "Briefs for the Files" in
The Chat , I decided that if the Black-
chinned was indeed included, someone,
somewhere would swear they had one in.
their back yard. To avoid another
erroneous identification getting into print I
left it out. Again, 1 appeal to those
individuals who claim that they can
positively separate, in the field, the
immatures and females of these species,
including the Black^chinned, to publish
their method of identification.

Alter corresponding and talking by
phone with the most astute, well thought
of hummingbird bander in the U.S., who
resides in Alabama and has banded Black-
chinned. Rufous, and a few other western
hummingbirds, I decided to write this
identification article.

For the purpose of this article an adult
male is one that has attained a full colored
gorget. He could be in his first hreedmg
plumage (April, May and June in our area)
or any plumage thereafter.

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Adult Male (after Ridgeway, 1911)
Above rather dull metallic bronze-green,
darker and dull on pileum, the forehdad
sometimes dull dusky; remiges dark
brownish slate or dusky, faintly glossed
with purplish; tail (except middle pair of
rectrices) bronzy purplish black; loral
suborbital, auricular, and malar regions,
chin, upper throat, and sides of throat
uniform opaque or velvety black; lower
throat metallic violet or violet-purple,
changing to black when the bird changes
its position. Chest dull grayish white or
very pale brownish gray, the under parts of
body similar, but usually more decidedly

grayish medially, the sides and flanks
darker and glossed or overlaid with
metallic bronze or bronze-green; undertail
coverts brownish gray (sometimes glossed
with bronzy) centrally or medially broadly
margined with white; femoral tufts and
tuft on each side of rump white; bill dull
black; iris dark brown; feet dusky.

Adult Female (after Ridgeway, 1911)
Above rather dull metallic bronze-green,
the pileum much duller, usually dull
grayish brown or brownish gray, at least
on forehead and crown; remiges dark
brownish slate or dusky, faintly glossed
with purplish; three outer rectrices (on
each side) broadly tipped with white, the
subterminal portion (extensively) black,
the basal half (more or less) metalic
bronze-green (sometimes grayish basally);
under parts dull white or grayish white
(more purely white on abdomen and
undertail coverts), the throat sometimes
streaked or guttately spotted with dusky;
femoral tufts and tuft on each side of rump
white; bill dull black; iris dark brown; feet
dusky.

•*

Hatching Year Male (after Ridgeway,
1911) Similar to the adult female, but
feathers of upper parts margined terminally
with pale grayish buffy, under parts more
or less strongly tinged or suffused with
pale buffy brownish, and throat most
always streaked or spotted with dusky.

Hummingbird

Hatching Year Female (after
Ridgeway, 1911) Similar to the young
male, but throat usually immaculate or
with the dusky spots or streaks smaller
and less distinct.

Conclusion: The blackish throat of the
adult male Black -chinned Humnungbird is
a distinctive field mark, but the female
cannot be safely distinguished in the
field from the f emale Ruby -throated
Hummingbird where both might occur.

The only way these birds can be
positively identified is in the hand, after
various measurements are taken.

The females of these two species also
closely resemble the female Costa
Hummingbird (Archilocus costae,

Bourcier; Calypte costae , AOU, 1957) but
have longer bills, are generally grayer
below and have throat markings ranging
from nearly immaculate to extensively
marked with dusky (Johnsgard). Young
males are also rather heavily marked with
dusky on the throat and are usually grayer
below than Costa males. Perhaps the best
distinction between the Black -chinned and
Costa Hummingbirds is their voice. The
chip call of the Black-chinned is low
pitched, softer and slurred few or tchevi',
rarely run together in a series, and the
birds are much less vocal (Johnsgard).

Acknowledgement: •

1 would like to sincerely thank Dave Lee
for his help.

References:

Johnsgard, Paul A., 1983. The
Hummingbirds of North America,
Smithsonian Institute, Washington,
D.C.

Ridgeway, R., 19 1 1. Birds of North and
Middle America, Part V., U.S.

National Museum Bulletin.

. — P.O. Box 457
Oriental, NC 28571

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Lake Lure Inn Reservation Form

Carolina Bird Club
Spring Meeting, May 7-9, 1993

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Rooms (up to 4 persons) $60.00 plus tax.

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CBC Spring Meeting, May 7-9, 1993

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(list each name for name tags)
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Mail with check to Carolina Bird Club, Inc.. PO Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611

Bat Cave Reservation Form

Friday, May 7 & Sunday, May 9, 1993

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Enclosed is my check in the amount of $\ to reserve place(s) on Friday, May 7 and place(s) on the

Sunday, May 9 at $10 each for the CBC spring meetmg field trips to Bat Cave.

Please make check payable to The Nature Conservancy and mail to Mrs. Patricia Wilkison, 213 Windsor Drive, Shelby, NC
28150

Welcome New Members *

John & Dorthy Bishop

Greenville, SC

Janet Campbell

Chapel Hill, NC

Rosa C aruso
Merritt, NC

Nick Colosanti

Raleigh, NC.

Rosanne & Larry Francis
Raleigh, NC

Earthwatch (from page 2)

range from $800 to $2,200, are tax
deductible. Volunteer contributions cover
food, lodging, and field equipment.

Airfare to and from the site is additional.

Earthwatch is the third largest flintier of
field research next to National Geographic
and the World Wildlife Fund. Founded in
1971, Earthwatch works to sustain the
world's environment, monitor global
change, conserve endangered species' and
habitats, and foster world health and
international cooperation. This year
Earthwatch will sponsor 1 60 projects in
50 countries.

For further expedition information, call
Betty Parfenuk at Earthwatch, (800) 776-
0188, ext. .186, or write Earthwatch, P.O.
Box 403RT, Watertown, MA 02272.

David & Beverly Heavner
Hast Bend, NC

Vernon C. Janke

Knightdale, NC

Dr. Johnson Kellv

Shelby, NC

David Lenat

Raleigh, NC

Judith & Reece Mitchell.

Hendersonville, NC.

Pam Morhard

Elizabeth City, NC

Lisa Preis
Durham. NC

Sherrod Library, ETSU
Johnson City, TN

Fayette & Billie Sims family

Greenville, SC

Zora Weisbecker
Lake Junaluska, NC

Birding in Puerto Rico

by

Dennis Forsythe

We arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico at
2:30 p.m. on 10 December. I
immediately broke my eye glasses and
spent the rest of the afternoon getting
them fixed. We reached the Parador in
Luquillo after dark. Early the next
morning we looked aroung Luquilo anil
had the normal things,* Zenaida and'Ground
Doves, Bananaqmt, Nutmeg Mannikin,
and Black-faced Grassquit.in the vicinity of
the Parador Mantonell. We spent the rest
of the morning at Las Cabesas de San
Juan. This is a really neat place. We had
a number of herons and egrets. Clapper
Rail, etc. The best birdswere several
Green -throated Caribs and Antillean

Crested Hummingbirds.

In the afternoon we went to El Yunque
and spent most of the time around the Big
Tree Trail where we saw Scaly-naped
Pigeon, Puerto Rican Tody, Puerto Rican
Woodpecker, Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo,
Puerto Rican Tanager and Puerto Rican
Bullfinch in the first two kilometers.

By 14 December we had also visited El
Y unque, Guanica Forest and Maricao
Forest; seeing a total of about 80 species.
We missed the Puerto Rican Parrot,
Yellow -shouldereil Blackbird, Green
Mango, Puerto Rican Flycatcher and
Antillean Euphonia. 1 just wish we could
have stayed longer.

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