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Banks
This
was our first Wings Over Water birding festival. Despite the
20-knot winds, clouds and 57 degrees, we were able to see some
wonderful migrating birds. Our first tour was to the Pocosin Lakes
where our group was driven by van through some dirt roads that
were deep in mud in spots. We spotted a hawk beside the road and
tundra swans in the distance. The second tour was a lot more
productive. It was at Corolla where our transportation was our
feet. We hiked through a phragmites marsh to the mud flats and
spotted dowitchers, bald eagles, kildeer, European starlings,
great black-backed gulls, Forsters terns, redhead ducks, and
pied-billed grebes. The next day we took out on our own to Pea
Island NWR and saw tundra swans, avocets, white ibis, snow geese,
pied-billed grebes, northern shovelers, little blue heron, great
blue herons, great egrets, marbled godwits, northern pintails, and
many others that either had their heads under water or buried in
their backs.
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