{"id":16259,"date":"2024-01-24T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/?p=16259"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:50:38","slug":"lumberton-25th-winter-census-january-24-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/lumberton-25th-winter-census-january-24-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumberton 25th Winter Census, January 24, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16259\" class=\"elementor elementor-16259\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43e4035b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43e4035b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-599ada29\" data-id=\"599ada29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ab2dca4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ab2dca4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-35f5368\" data-id=\"35f5368\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121329a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"121329a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Lumberton 25th Winter Census, January 24, 2024<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c72b879 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c72b879\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62a5b07c\" data-id=\"62a5b07c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d45f881 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d45f881\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4899d53\" data-id=\"4899d53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bef6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72bef6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodieFlight_7207641.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Hooded Mergansers taking off\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyNjMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wMlwvSG9vZGllRmxpZ2h0XzcyMDc2NDEuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodieFlight_7207641-1024x823.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16263\" alt=\"Hooded Mergansers taking off\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodieFlight_7207641-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodieFlight_7207641-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodieFlight_7207641-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodieFlight_7207641.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hooded Mergansers taking off<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59c8651\" data-id=\"59c8651\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6061f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6061f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodiePair_7207629.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Hooded Merganser pair\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyNjQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wMlwvSG9vZGllUGFpcl83MjA3NjI5LmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodiePair_7207629-1024x819.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16264\" alt=\"Hooded Merganser pair\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodiePair_7207629-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodiePair_7207629-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodiePair_7207629-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HoodiePair_7207629.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hooded Merganser pair<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ceffa81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ceffa81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdb5368\" data-id=\"fdb5368\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ffad80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ffad80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 25th Lumberton census was held on January 24, and the 37th Medford Leas census was held on January 31, both having been rescheduled due to inclement weather.<\/p><p>The Lumberton survey was delayed a week because of snow cover on the woodland trails and very cold temperatures. On census day, the ice was thawing, the snow cover was gone and the temperatures were in the 40\u2019s. Trails were soggy and there was a fine misty rain. Dino Fiabane, Holly Hoffman and Robert Koch walked the woodland trails, while Miriam Swartz and Laurie Larson visited Monarch Lake in the Lakeview community. The total of 33 species was about average; highlights were Hooded Mergansers, Coots and Great Black-backed Gulls on the Lake, and Hermit Thrush and Bluebird in the woods. Ann Campbell and Peggy Fiabane contributed feeder reports.<\/p><p><strong>Participants:\u00a0<\/strong> Ann Campbell, Dino Fiabane, Peggy Fiabane, Holly Hoffman, Robert Koch, Laurie Larson, Miriam Swartz\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e8668b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e8668b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96fc28f\" data-id=\"96fc28f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82b254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b82b254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Northern Mockingbird\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyNjUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wMlwvbW9ja2luZ2JpcmRfNzIwNzUwNy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507-1024x817.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16265\" alt=\"Northern Mockingbird\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507-1536x1225.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/mockingbird_7207507-2048x1634.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Northern Mockingbird<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e200c9\" data-id=\"7e200c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd0fe52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd0fe52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"White-throated Sparrow\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYyMzUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tbHJhLm9yZ1wvTUxCaXJkZXJzXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wMlwvV1RTUF8yMkphbjI1UktfNzIwMTU0MS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541-1024x821.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16235\" alt=\"White-throated Sparrow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541-1536x1231.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WTSP_22Jan25RK_7201541-2048x1641.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">White-throated Sparrow<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3c74e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3c74e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6d7a65\" data-id=\"e6d7a65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13600ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13600ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>List:\u00a0<\/strong> 558 Birds of 34 species<br \/>1 Canada Goose 180<br \/>2 Mallard 10<br \/>3 American Black Duck 1<br \/>4 Hooded Merganser 2<br \/>5 Common Merganser 1<br \/>6 Mourning Dove 12<br \/>7 American Coot 3<br \/>8 Ring-billed Gull 35<br \/>9 Great Black-backed Gull 7<br \/>10 Great Blue Heron 1<br \/>11 Red-bellied Woodpecker 9<br \/>12 Downy Woodpecker 2<br \/>13 Hairy Woodpecker 1<br \/>14 Blue Jay 2<br \/>15 American Crow 2<br \/>16 Carolina Chickadee 6<br \/>17 Tufted Titmouse 7<br \/>18 White-breasted Nuthatch 4<br \/>19 Brown Creeper 2<br \/>20 Carolina Wren 8<br \/>21 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1<br \/>22 Eastern Bluebird 1<br \/>23 Hermit Thrush 1<br \/>24 American Robin 117<br \/>25 Northern Mockingbird 3<br \/>26 European Starling 27<br \/>27 House Finch 25<br \/>28 Dark-eyed Junco 15<br \/>29 White-throated Sparrow 50<br \/>30 Song Sparrow 6<br \/>31 Swamp Sparrow 2<br \/>32 Red-winged Blackbird 7<br \/>33 Brown-headed Cowbird 1<br \/>34 Northern Cardinal 7<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e3d241 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e3d241\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a246ab\" data-id=\"3a246ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-224b241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"224b241\" 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