Added some new photos including some shots of the Franklin's Gull that has hung
around Jordan Lake for at least a few weeks now. It is being seen from
Farrington Rd. Bridge in Chatham County just south of Chapel Hill, NC. I saw
the gull yesterday about noon. It was in amongst a group of Herring Gulls
standing about on a sandbar to the east of the bridge causeway in the rain.
There are also some better photos (better than I was able to get of the
Franklin's) of a Swamp Sparrow from Dick Cross WMA and some shady shots of a
Gray-cheeked Thrush and an Eastern Phoebe on a cattail from birding last
Saturday with Paul Glass.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40090747@N05/
By the way... The Big Year movie is not bad and even somewhat enjoyable
(especially if you are a birder). It seems like it will not be around long, so
check it out if you haven't seen it yet. It may very well end up being the last
major motion picture about birding...
Cheers for now,
R. Bruce Richardson
South Boston
