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Swampcrawler

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One of the more exciting birds this summer in this little corner of North Carolina is undoubtedly the King Rail s that have been regularly reported in a still-water back-arm of Jordan Lake in Chatham County, just south of where I live. For me, King Rail resides in life bird limbo.

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Golden Swamp Warbler

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Birds on their way north are on a mission, and the fear of waking up one morning having missed the entire parade is a real one that keeps birders up at night. A bird so electric yellow that viewing it without safety precautions can cause temporary blindness, or madness, or both. This is not a bird for cubicle farms!

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In defense of county listing

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I realize that listing is a reviled in birding culture as it is celebrated, and more listing even more so, but hear me out here. I mean to make the argument that county listing is birding at its most pure, the ultimate combination of the two warring angels that sit upon each one of our shoulders. A fine bird for the county.

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The Many Faces of the Pine Warbler

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There’s really no more quintessentially southeastern bird than the Pine Warbler. In October our resident Pines are supplemented by birds from farther north resulting in actual factual flocks of Pine Warblers congregating in pine stands and parks anywhere in the Piedmont of North Carolina and undoubtedly across the entire region.