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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 2, 2005

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 December 2 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:

TROPICAL KINGBIRD
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
PACIFIC LOON
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
GOLDEN EAGLE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
RED CROSSBILLS

The TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Lake Phelps (NC) was still present as of 11-30. Look around the intersection of SR's 1126 and 1183 near the grain silos.

After checking for the Tropical Kingbird, head for Alligator River NWR to look for the WESTERN KINGBIRD at that site. After turning onto Milltail Rd. off US 64 go about 1 mile to the heli-pad and look on the fence surrounding it.

CAVE SWALLOWS are still being reported from both Carolinas. Three caves were at Kill Devil Hills (NC) on 11-25; two were at Ocean Isle Beach (NC) on 11-24; and two were present at Huntington Beach SP (SC) on 11-30.

Two SANDHILL CRANES flew over Huntington Beach SP on 11-30.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen 11-23 at McClellanville, SC.

On 11-26, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was with Canada geese at Table Rock SP, Picken's County, SC. The birds were on the swimming beach.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was at Ocean Isle Beach (NC) on 11-24 but was not relocated on following days.

A PACIFIC LOON was in the ocean at Kill Devil Hills (NC) on 11-23.

A dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK flew over Oregon Inlet (NC) on 11-24.

Coastal birders should still be aware that MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS are lingering. On 11-28 a frigatebird was at Emerald Isle (NC).

RED CROSSBILLS are somewhat regular at Bass Lake at Moses Cone Park near Blowing Rock, NC. On 11-29 a flock of about a half dozen flew over.

Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, Jack Peachey, Robin Carter, John Fussell, Donald Rote, Dwayne Martin, Keith Camburn, for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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