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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

The Club meets each winter, spring, and fall at different locations in the Carolinas. Meeting sites are selected to give participants an opportunity to see many different kinds of birds. Guided field trips and informative programs are combined for an exciting weekend of meeting with people who share an enthusiasm and concern for birds.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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To report a rare bird sighting in North or South Carolina, call Taylor Piephoff at 704-332-2473 and leave a message.

You can also e-mail Taylor at PiephoffT@aol.com.
May 21, 2004 RBA
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Hello, this is a May 21 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:

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING- DUCKS
ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS
ARCTIC TERN
LEACH'S STORM PETREL
DICKCISSEL

An immature MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was seen at the Cedar Island Ferry terminal (NC) on May 16. When last seen the bird was headed NE toward Ocracoke I.

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS have been reported from both Carolinas. In South Carolina, birds have been seen at Donnelly WMA since April. The best place to look is along Ball Bank Rd. In NC this species is not on the Official List, so a report of 5 Black-bellied whistling ducks in Tyrell County on along US 64 on May 17 is very interesting.

A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was at South Tibwin, south of McClellanville, SC on May 14. In NC, a ROSEATE SPOONBILL was seen May 19 at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Pond on the Outer Banks.

Offshore birding in SC May 21 off Charleston produced an ARCTIC TERN, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, LEACH'S STORM PETREL and PARASITIC JAEGER. for information on pelagic birding in SC, contact Nathan Dias.

A male DICKCISSEL was at the Alligator River NWR farm fields on May 14.

A male CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found at Jackson Park in Hendersonville, NC on May 14 but has since moved on.

Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, John Fussell, Wayne Forsythe, and Susan Ellermann for their calls and reports.
 
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