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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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Carolina Bird Club
Rare Bird Alert

May 31, 2008

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 May 31 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:

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS
REDDISH EGRET
LARK SPARROW
Pelagic birding highlights

LARK SPARROWS can be found at Carolina Sandhills NWR in McBee, SC. Breeding has apparently taken place, for a remarkable record for South Carolina. To look for these birds turn onto the Refuge Visitor's Drive off of US-1. Go approximately three miles and look on the left side (west) in a recently bush-hogged field with a pine tree in the middle of it. The birds have been very near a small stand of oak trees near the road.

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS have been reported from three sites in North Carolina recently. The most dependable location is south of Monroe, NC in Union County, NC. This has been a breeding site for the species for some years. For updates on the birds, contact Anne and Blayne Olsen. A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER has been seen twice at Hobby Field near Southern Pines, NC; and one bird has been seen along Mid-pines Road near Raleigh, NC.

A REDDISH EGRET was seen May 28 on Sullivan's Island, SC. For more information, contact Nona Valiunas at 843-883-9705.

Memorial Day weekend pelagic birding off the North Carolina coast was very productive, as usual. Highlights from the trips taken May 24, 25, and 26 include BERMUDA PETREL, HERALD PETREL, FEA'S PETREL, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, MASKED BOOBY, RED PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, POMARINE JAEGERS, and LONG-TAILED JAEGERS. Brian Patteson runs the most trips out of North Carolina, and has a full schedule of trip dates through the summer. Contact Brian Patteson his website http://www.seabirding.com/ for information on how to sign up for some great offshore birding.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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