Posts Tagged ‘bird migration.’

Purple Martin Update 2012 by , Ranger

February 11th, 2012

Believe it or not, Purple Martins, those large dark swallows with a purple sheen to their plumage, have already been spotted in our fair state. The martin scout was reported as being seen on February 9 in Godwin, NC. I wish all of those birds represented on the map as purple dots (above link) the best [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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An Osprey’s Peregrinations by , Ranger

August 2nd, 2011

Back in February I attempted to steer you, the reader, towards a web site that follows the travels of a select group of radio-tagged Ospreys as they headed south in the fall of 2010 from their fledging sites here in North America. At the time, I had followed the route of an Osprey named Belle [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Early Nesters, Arrivals, Delayed Departures by , Ranger

April 30th, 2009

It was a busy time for birds. Besides the Red-shouldered Hawks snatching frogs out of the Wetlands, Carolina Chickadees feeding their young in a nest in a Loblolly Pine between Catch the Wind and Explore the Wild, and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers sitting on eggs in another loblolly in front of the Lemur House, many new [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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