David Boraks, WFAE Charlotte's NPR News Source, 27 April 2016 – A Hairy Woodpecker tap-tap-taps on a pine tree just below the summit of Mount Mitchell. It’s a sunny spring day. It’s 46 degrees - about 10 degrees cooler than nearby Burnsville. With the park now open after winter, superintendent Bryan Wilder says visitors are flocking here.  

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