Hello, this is a January 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 :

SAY'S PHOEBE
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
LARK SPARROW
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS
SANDHILL CRANES
GLAUCOUS GULL
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER

A SAY'S PHOEBE is being seen daily at the O'Berry Center in Goldsboro, NC. Turn into the main entrance to the center off of Rte. 581, park at the flagpoles and walk across the road to a barn and low concrete structure where the bird is active. Afternoons seem to be best for seeing the phoebe.

The female VERMILION FLYCATCHER in the community of Bettie, NC near Morehead City, is still being seen. Look along Golden Farm Road which is off US 70 between Bettie and Otway. The bird is most often seen near the small silo.

A LARK SPARROW can be seen with chipping sparrows at the Bayview Cemetery off of 20th St. in Morehead City.

Up to eight AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS have been seen around Morehead City, including the Davis Impoundment and the North River causeway.

Four SANDHILL CRANES have been present in Swansboro, NC for about a week. Look along Swansboro Loop Road just past a ballfield.

A first year GLAUCOUS GULL can be seen in the large gull flock at the Atlantic Center in Conway, SC. The center is located across US 501 from Coastal Carolina University. Look through the gulls as they loaf on the soccer fields.

A male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was seen less than one mile from the start of the Palmetto Trail at Table Rock Park in SC on January 6.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Jim Craig, John Buckman, Paul Serridge, Phil Dickinson, and Chris Hill for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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