hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: April 12, 2006
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, this is an April 12 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:
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS
PURPLE GALLINULE
WHITE PELICANS
REDDISH EGRET
UPLAND SANPIPERS
WESTERN TANAGER
An adult YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS was on the beach at Cape Hatteras Point on
April 11. Several birders saw the albatross and photos were taken. The bird
was last seen flying out over the ocean to the southeast after being routed by
some great black-backed gulls. This bird may be in poor health and could come
ashore again somewhere on the Outer Banks.
A PURPLE GALLINULE is being seen in Sunset Beach, NC at the same lake where
the species has been seen before. A homeowner at the lake has a rowboat that
birders can use to look for this bird. Contact Mary McDavit at 674 Sunset
Lakes Blvd. SW. Phone # 910-579-2446 or Taylor Piephoff at 704-361-5139.
At Bear Island WMA (SC) 14 WHITE PELICANS and 1 REDDISH EGRET were seen in
drawn-down waterfowl impoundments on April 8.
A WESTERN TANAGER was seen briefly at a birdbath in Southern Pines, NC on
April 3. There have been no further reports of this bird.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS are moving through the Carolinas right now. In South
Carolina three birds were near Townville, SC on April 9. Look along Prater Gin
Road and Ogden Dr. In North Carolina a total of up to seven birds was seen on
Hooper Lane in Hendersonville (April 9).
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS are still moving around the Carolinas. Two birds showed
up at Morehead City, NC on April 8.
Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, Diane Andre, John Fussell, Jack Peachey,
Wayne Irvin, Mary McDavit and Jimmy Dodson for their calls and reports. Some of
this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com
date: April 12, 2006
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, this is an April 12 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:
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS
PURPLE GALLINULE
WHITE PELICANS
REDDISH EGRET
UPLAND SANPIPERS
WESTERN TANAGER
An adult YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS was on the beach at Cape Hatteras Point on
April 11. Several birders saw the albatross and photos were taken. The bird
was last seen flying out over the ocean to the southeast after being routed by
some great black-backed gulls. This bird may be in poor health and could come
ashore again somewhere on the Outer Banks.
A PURPLE GALLINULE is being seen in Sunset Beach, NC at the same lake where
the species has been seen before. A homeowner at the lake has a rowboat that
birders can use to look for this bird. Contact Mary McDavit at 674 Sunset
Lakes Blvd. SW. Phone # 910-579-2446 or Taylor Piephoff at 704-361-5139.
At Bear Island WMA (SC) 14 WHITE PELICANS and 1 REDDISH EGRET were seen in
drawn-down waterfowl impoundments on April 8.
A WESTERN TANAGER was seen briefly at a birdbath in Southern Pines, NC on
April 3. There have been no further reports of this bird.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS are moving through the Carolinas right now. In South
Carolina three birds were near Townville, SC on April 9. Look along Prater Gin
Road and Ogden Dr. In North Carolina a total of up to seven birds was seen on
Hooper Lane in Hendersonville (April 9).
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS are still moving around the Carolinas. Two birds showed
up at Morehead City, NC on April 8.
Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, Diane Andre, John Fussell, Jack Peachey,
Wayne Irvin, Mary McDavit and Jimmy Dodson for their calls and reports. Some of
this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com