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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.

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Carolina Bird Club
Rare Bird Alert

December 23, 2004

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

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Hello, this is a Dec. 23 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:

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRDS
COMMON EIDER
RAZORBILLS
SNOW BUNTINGS
LARK SPARROW
WESTERN TANAGER
CAVE SWALLOWS
SANDHILL CRANE
LINCOLN'S SPARROW

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER is being seen at Fort Macon State Park in NC. Check the trees at the far end of the parking lot or the septic tank drain field that is surrounded by sand fencing. The bird has been seen daily since Dec. 19.

Two WESTERN KINGBIRDS can be seen at the old Cape Hatteras lighthouse site on the Outer Banks. Other interesting birds on the Outer Banks include a COMMON EIDER at the jetty on the south side of Oregon Inlet, up to 6 PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the same location, 16 SNOW BUNTINGS on the beach at the south end of Pea Island NWR, and RAZORBILL at the old lighthouse site.

CAVE SWALLOWS are appearing in both Carolinas in small numbers. Up to 3 birds were at Huntington Beach State Park in SC on 12-13, a single bird was in McClellanville, SC on 12-18, and some birds have been seen at the Ocean Isle (NC) water treatment plant recently.

Rarities on the McClellanville, SC CBC on Dec.19 include a WESTERN TANAGER at Santee Delta, Seven LONG-BILLED CURLEWS at Raccoon Key, SANDHILL CRANE at Tibwin Plantation, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Palmetto Plantation.

Rarities in the Fort Fisher/Kure Beach, NC area on Dec.21 were a LARK SPARROW at the Museum grounds with chipping sparrows, RAZORBILL at the Kure Beach pier, and LONG-TAILED DUCK visible from the gazebo on the ocean.

A male WESTERN TANAGER has been coming to a feeder in Moncks Corner, SC. Contact Kathy Hart at < HARTK@homexpressway.net> for details.

A female WILSON'S WARBLER has been coming to a suet feeder in Sunset Beach, SC. Contact Mary McDavit at for details.

A white morph and blue morph SNOW GEESE are at a pond in Laurens County, SC. The pond is on Hwy 14 between Owings Ct. and Gray Ct.

Thanks this week to Mary McDavit, Kathy Hart, Bruce Smithson, Nathan Dias, John Fussell, Mary Bledsoe, and Kevin Finley for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

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