hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: August 19, 2005
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, this is an August 19 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring
birding news from North and South Carolina sponsored by the Carolina Bird
Club. Highlights on this report include:
LIMPKIN
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
MASKED BOOBY
BROWN NODDY
BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS
UPLAND SANDPIPER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
A LIMPKIN is being seen in Lancaster County in the piedmont of SC. The bird
is a bit difficult to get to as it is along Cane Creek, a tributary of the
Catawba River where access is available only by kayak. Best bet to see the bird if
you don't have a kayak is to call Carolina Paddling Adventures at
803-286-8886. At least 3 efforts to relocate the bird have been successful.
Offshore birds from the Carolinas recently include a WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
on 8-14, and a MASKED BOOBY on 8-13; both out of Oregon Inlet, NC. A trip out
of Charleston, SC on 8-13 found a BROWN NODDY, and 23 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS.
Good inland shorebirding can be found at Falls Lake in NC. On 8-13 seventeen
species were found including MARBLED GODWIT, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, and
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Most of the birds were found just north and south of I-85
over the lake.
An OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen 8-17 at Cowan's Ford Refuge in
Mecklenburg County, NC. The bird was not relocated on 8-18, but interested birders can
check the half-dead oak at the parking area at the end of the entrance road.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS can be found at sod farms in both Carolinas right now. On
8-1 a bird was at the Stedman Sod Farm in the NC triangle area. In SC, look at
the Orangeburg SuperSod farms just off I-26. Be sure to check in at the
offices of any farms you are planning to bird.
Thanks this week to John Bonestell, Nathan Dias, Brian Patteson for their
reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com