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Early spring birding Video at Harris lake Park, New Hill North Carolina

By: Sally Siko, Admin-Birdwatching NC

A few days ago I took the opportunity to go bird watching at Harris Lake Park in New Hill, N.C. It was quite lovely outside with temps in the mid 60’s and cloudy skies which made for easy photography & video conditions.

Since the park was mostly empty at the time, I decided to capture a video of my trip. Here is the video below…

Along the way I spotted some nice looking birds most of which I was able to photograph. If you’d like to get a closer look at the birds featured in the video, here’s a collection of the pics below.

Mourning Doves
Pine Warbler
Woodduck
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate colored)
Great Blue Heron
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird

This is my eBird list from my visit! Not bad for a short walk.

If you would like to visit Harris Lake Park for yourself, it is an easy drive from just about anywhere in North Carolina. The park is just a couple of miles off of route 1 and is usually uncrowded once you get away from the parking lot and playground areas. There are quite a few trails that wind through the property that surrounds the lake with numerous opportunities for finding birds and other wildlife.

Here is a map of the area…

Happy birding!

-Sally

Photos and video captured with my mighty Canon 5DS. If you are interested in getting shots like these with this 50 MP beast of a camera, please check out the link below to Canon USA.

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A note from the admin of Birdwatching N.C.

By: Sally Siko

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has followed me here at Birdwatching NC over the past year.
For those of you who don’t know, my name is Sally Siko @sally_siko
I’m a professional photographer who is passionate about telling stories and sharing photographs of the beautiful birds I encounter everywhere in the Tarheel State.


The thing is, I’m no one special in the great big birding world, but I am someone who believes that it’s important that we all rise higher when we lift each other up.
This is why I started Birdwatching NC as a place to highlight the endeavors of birders, photographers, tour guides and other small birding based businesses here in North Carolina.
It has been of a particular joy to have been able to promote the work of other birder- photographers on the website and here on Insta.
I am in awe with how much all of you know about our feathery charges and appreciate those of you who have pointed me in the right direction along the way, especially when I get something wrong 😉
I could not be more grateful for each and every one of you.
Thank you.


It is with great happiness that I wanted to share with you today that I’ve recently picked up @canonusa as an sponsor advertiser on the website.


As a dedicated Canon shooter, I’m humbled to have them on board.
I’ve trusted Canon equipment to serve my clients as best I could for over a decade and I’m proud to offer their retail services and incredible products on my site for other photographers so that they can grow with me.
If your reading this, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and I’ll continue to bring the best of what I’ve got to share with you from the world of birding here in North Carolina.

Happy birding!
-Sally
Admin Birdwatching NC
Canon 5DS
Canon 5D Mark ll
Canon 5D (yes, this camera still takes great pics!)
Canon 7D
Canon 80D

Photos by @sally_siko of @birdwatching_nc
Canon 5Ds