hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: June 13, 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 a June 13 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring
birding news from north ans South Carolina sponsored by the Carolina Bird Club.
Highlights on this report include:
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
SNOWY PLOVER
EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL
FEA'S PETREL
HERALD PETREL
BERMUDA PETREL
SOUTH POLAR SKUA
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
A pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS are being seen near Southern Pines, NC.
For directions and details call Scott Hartley at work at 910-692-2167 or
910-738-6142.
A SNOWY PLOVER is being seen at Cape Point on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina. Some patience may be required to see this bird as it is within the
extensive roped-off piping plover area. Best bet is to take the sand road around the
west end of the Salt Pond and take the first left to take you out to the
beach. Head east until you come to the roped-off area. Check the flats for the
plover. The bird may be found on the eastern end of the area, which would
require going around the east side of the Salt Pond.
Offshore birding off the Outer Banks recently produced 2 EUROPEAN STORM
PETRELS on May 29, HERALD PETRELS on May 27, 28; FEAS PETREL on May 28, 30, 31;
BERMUDA PETREL on June 4. A RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD was seen May 22 and 29. For
information on how to get offshore and try for some of these rarities call
Brian Patteson at 252-986-1363.
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS have been reported from both Carolinas. On May 27
one was seen over Sullivan's Island, SC. On May 20 two birds were on the Outer
Banks, and another on May 26. One bird was near Davis, NC on May 30.
Interesting birds at Donnelley WMA in Colleton County , SC on June 11 were
PURPLE GALLINULE, and BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK from the Savage Backwater
area, and a KENTUCKY WARBLER at the eastern gate of the WMA.
On June 1 a SOUHT POLAR SKUA was seen and fed about 64 miles SSW of Beaufort
Inlet, NC.
Thanks this week to Phil Dickinson, Nathan Dias, Lex Glover, John Fussell for
their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from
carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com
date: June 13, 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 a June 13 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring
birding news from north ans South Carolina sponsored by the Carolina Bird Club.
Highlights on this report include:
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
SNOWY PLOVER
EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL
FEA'S PETREL
HERALD PETREL
BERMUDA PETREL
SOUTH POLAR SKUA
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
A pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS are being seen near Southern Pines, NC.
For directions and details call Scott Hartley at work at 910-692-2167 or
910-738-6142.
A SNOWY PLOVER is being seen at Cape Point on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina. Some patience may be required to see this bird as it is within the
extensive roped-off piping plover area. Best bet is to take the sand road around the
west end of the Salt Pond and take the first left to take you out to the
beach. Head east until you come to the roped-off area. Check the flats for the
plover. The bird may be found on the eastern end of the area, which would
require going around the east side of the Salt Pond.
Offshore birding off the Outer Banks recently produced 2 EUROPEAN STORM
PETRELS on May 29, HERALD PETRELS on May 27, 28; FEAS PETREL on May 28, 30, 31;
BERMUDA PETREL on June 4. A RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD was seen May 22 and 29. For
information on how to get offshore and try for some of these rarities call
Brian Patteson at 252-986-1363.
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS have been reported from both Carolinas. On May 27
one was seen over Sullivan's Island, SC. On May 20 two birds were on the Outer
Banks, and another on May 26. One bird was near Davis, NC on May 30.
Interesting birds at Donnelley WMA in Colleton County , SC on June 11 were
PURPLE GALLINULE, and BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK from the Savage Backwater
area, and a KENTUCKY WARBLER at the eastern gate of the WMA.
On June 1 a SOUHT POLAR SKUA was seen and fed about 64 miles SSW of Beaufort
Inlet, NC.
Thanks this week to Phil Dickinson, Nathan Dias, Lex Glover, John Fussell for
their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from
carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com