hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: December 18, 2006
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 0r 704-545-2314 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, This is a December 18 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 :
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
SWAINSON'S HAWK
WESTERN GREBE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
COMMON EIDER
PAINTED BUNTING
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
A female VERMILION FLYCATCHER was found on the Morehead City, NC CBC on
December 17. The bird was relocated December 18. Look along Golden Farm
Road, which is off US 70 between Bettie and Otway. The bird is near a
small silo. Contact John Fussell at for more details.
A SWAINSON'S HAWK was observed at Alligator River NWR on Dec. 17. Look
in the large fields along Long Curve Road for this immature,
intermediate phase individual.
A WESTERN GREBE was found on the Southern Lake Norman CBC on December
17. The bird was easily relocated December 18 in the same area. For
details contact Taylor Piephoff at.
A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was at Johhny Mercer's pier at Wrightsville
Beach, NC on December 15. Also present was an immature male COMMON
EIDER.
An adult male COMMON EIDER was at Garden City, SC on December 4. Look
around Waccamaw Dr. and Yucca Dr. or any area piers or jetties for this
bird.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was with chipping sparrrows in Myrtle Beach, SC
on December 10. Contact KC Foggin at for details.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at a feeder in Fripp Island, SC in late
November. Contact John Scott at to see if the
bird is still being seen.
A female PAINTED BUNTING was seen Nov. 28 at the Moccasin Overlook at
Lake Pettigrew State Park in NC.
On December 10 a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was on the campus of Warren
Wilson College in Asheville, NC. The bird was not relocated the next
day.
Thanks this week to John Fussell, Andrew Laughlin, Bernie McHugh, Raoul
Rebillard, Jack Peachey, KCFoggin, John Scott, Josh Southern, and Judy
Walker for their calls and reports.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com
date: December 18, 2006
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 0r 704-545-2314 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, This is a December 18 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 :
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
SWAINSON'S HAWK
WESTERN GREBE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
COMMON EIDER
PAINTED BUNTING
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
A female VERMILION FLYCATCHER was found on the Morehead City, NC CBC on
December 17. The bird was relocated December 18. Look along Golden Farm
Road, which is off US 70 between Bettie and Otway. The bird is near a
small silo. Contact John Fussell at
A SWAINSON'S HAWK was observed at Alligator River NWR on Dec. 17. Look
in the large fields along Long Curve Road for this immature,
intermediate phase individual.
A WESTERN GREBE was found on the Southern Lake Norman CBC on December
17. The bird was easily relocated December 18 in the same area. For
details contact Taylor Piephoff at
A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was at Johhny Mercer's pier at Wrightsville
Beach, NC on December 15. Also present was an immature male COMMON
EIDER.
An adult male COMMON EIDER was at Garden City, SC on December 4. Look
around Waccamaw Dr. and Yucca Dr. or any area piers or jetties for this
bird.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was with chipping sparrrows in Myrtle Beach, SC
on December 10. Contact KC Foggin at
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at a feeder in Fripp Island, SC in late
November. Contact John Scott at
bird is still being seen.
A female PAINTED BUNTING was seen Nov. 28 at the Moccasin Overlook at
Lake Pettigrew State Park in NC.
On December 10 a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was on the campus of Warren
Wilson College in Asheville, NC. The bird was not relocated the next
day.
Thanks this week to John Fussell, Andrew Laughlin, Bernie McHugh, Raoul
Rebillard, Jack Peachey, KCFoggin, John Scott, Josh Southern, and Judy
Walker for their calls and reports.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com