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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

November 16, 2006

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 November 16 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:

ROSS'S GOOSE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
SNOW BUNTING
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
SNOWY PLOVER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
EARED GREBES
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
EURASIAN WIGEON

An immature ROSS'S GOOSE is being seen in Conway, SC. The bird is being seen in the Atlantic Center (Business Park) across US 501 from Coastal Carolina University. Follow Atlantic Ave. into the complex and to the soccer fields where gulls loaf. Search the gull flock for the goose. If unsuccessful there, try the lawn around the pond near Ferguson Plumbing. The goose was seen throughout the day today, Nov. 16.

Good birds to look for at Huntington Beach State Park in SC include LAPLAND LONGSPUR, SNOW BUNTINGS, and a HENSLOW'S SPARROW in the dunes at the base of the jetty. A SNOWY PLOVER was on the flats at the base of the jetty recently but may have moved on by now.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen Nov. 14 about 1 mile north of the Fort Fisher Museum gazebo on US 421. Look on the power lines along the highway

A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was at a feeder in Morehead City, NC on Nov. 16. Contact John Fussell for details at jfuss@clis.com

Interesting birds on or near the Outer Banks of North Carolina Nov. 7-12 include at least 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at Alligator River NWR along the Wildlife Drive; several EARED GREBES at the Salt Pond at Cape Hatteras Point, EURASIAN WIGEON at North Pond at Pea Island NWR, and WHITE PELICANS at Pea Island NWR. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was in the dunes around the old Coast Guard Station on the south side of Oregon Inlet on Nov. 7.

Thanks this week to Jack Peachey, John Fussell, Nathan Dias, Ricky Davis, and Bruce Smithson for their reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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