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AUTUMN LAND-BIRD MIGRATION 



ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF NORTHEASTERN 



NORTH CAROLINA 



by 

 Paul W. Sykes, Jr. 



For three consecutive years Sykes investigated the autumn migration 

 of land birds in the Bodie Island and Pea Island area of coastal North 

 Carolina. During a 102-day period in 1965, he recorded 110,482 individual 

 birds of 148 species. He was able to correlate major influxes of migratory 

 species with specific weather patterns. His data show seasonal peaks of 

 southward movement for the land-bird species that pass along the North 

 Carolina coast in large numbers. In addition, Sykes recorded five species 

 native to the western United States. Three of these vagrants provided the 

 first reports of Swainson's Hawk, Sage Thrasher, and Western Meadowlark 

 for North Carolina. 



1986 49 pages Softbound ISBN 0-917134-12-5 



Price: $5 postpaid. North Carolina residents add 6% sales tax. Please make 



checks payable in U.S. currency to NCDA Museum Extension Fund. 

 Send order to: LAND-BIRD MIGRATION, N.C. State Museum of Natural 



Sciences, P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611. 



