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Subject: Carolina RBA April 12 Update
From: PiephoffT(AT)aol.com
Date: 13 Apr 2006 6:38am
hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: April 12, 2006
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT(AT)aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, this is an April 12 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:
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS
PURPLE GALLINULE
WHITE PELICANS
REDDISH EGRET
UPLAND SANPIPERS
WESTERN TANAGER
An adult YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS was on the beach at Cape Hatteras Point on
April 11. Several birders saw the albatross and photos were taken. The bird
was last seen flying out over the ocean to the southeast after being routed by
some great black-backed gulls. This bird may be in poor health and could come
ashore again somewhere on the Outer Banks.
A PURPLE GALLINULE is being seen in Sunset Beach, NC at the same lake where
the species has been seen before. A homeowner at the lake has a rowboat that
birders can use to look for this bird. Contact Mary McDavit at 674 Sunset
Lakes Blvd. SW. Phone # 910-579-2446 or Taylor Piephoff at 704-361-5139.
At Bear Island WMA (SC) 14 WHITE PELICANS and 1 REDDISH EGRET were seen in
drawn-down waterfowl impoundments on April 8.
A WESTERN TANAGER was seen briefly at a birdbath in Southern Pines, NC on
April 3. There have been no further reports of this bird.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS are moving through the Carolinas right now. In South
Carolina three birds were near Townville, SC on April 9. Look along Prater Gin
Road and Ogden Dr. In North Carolina a total of up to seven birds was seen on
Hooper Lane in Hendersonville (April 9).
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS are still moving around the Carolinas. Two birds showed
up at Morehead City, NC on April 8.
Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, Diane Andre, John Fussell, Jack Peachey,
Wayne Irvin, Mary McDavit and Jimmy Dodson for their calls and reports. Some of
this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT(AT)aol.com
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Subject: Broadwing
From: "Greg" <cbirdpro(AT)ix.netcom.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 7:07am
The local Broad-winged Hawk showed up yesterday (4/12/06) here near
Hillsborugh, NC. As usual, I heard it before I saw it soaring above, riding
the wind.
I first noticed the resident R-T Hummbird on Monday (4/10/06).
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Greg Dodge
Brownbag Productions
Hillsborough, NC
<http://brownbagproductions.com>
<http://geocities.com/cbirdpro>
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Subject: RT HUMMINGBIRD ARRIVES
From: "Bev Hudson" <bevhudson9(AT)bellsouth.net>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 8:14am
At 7:30 this morning our RTHummer was peeking in the window and then
promptly went to the feeder. I've not seen a posting yet from our good
birding friends here in Hendersonville, but I assume ours isn't the
first one. We are now awaiting the arrival of the Scarlet Tanager. The
hummer was 3 days early this year, but arrived this same date in 2004.
Take care and enjoy Easter Weekend birding!! We are taking off for
Dolphin Island tomorrow!
Bev Hudson
Hendersonville, NC
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Subject: pond and environs
From: "barbara brooks" <brooksba(AT)visionet.net>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 8:25am
My walk to the pond gave me some new arrivals. Ovenbird, blue headed vireo
(if my ears are correct). At the pond, the Mute swans are still here but 7
of them are being held at bay by the alpha male. My theory of the Mute
swans decreasing the number of nesting Canadas, got shot. There are at
least 15 nests on the little island and one by the road. The goose looks
like a rattlesnake ready to strike. I will stay on the horse. A
kingfisher, d-c cormorants, a killdeer. I think I had rough-winged swallows
and maybe a barn swallow but it was a real quick view. I also had an owl in
the woods. I kept hearing a distress cry of some sort: high pitched (long)
eeeeee with slight up turn at the end. I flushed the owl which was then
followed by another bird that I thought had the shape of a r-s hawk. A few
trees later I saw another hawk. Not sure what kind of owl as I only saw its
rear end. Seemed a little light for a barred owl but then I haven't seen
that many rear ends of barn owls. All in all very little human noise but
lots of birds. I also have my first hummer of the year. Barb brooks
brooksba(AT)visionet.net. all birds in NE orange co.
Barb Brooks, poet
author of the chapbook
"The Catbird Sang"
Black cap, wings slate gray,
feathers dribbled with red.
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Subject: Flute has returned!
From: Luanne Blankenship <blblank(AT)charter.net>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 4:25pm
C-Birders,
I hurried out the door about 8:45am this morning headed for a meeting
and was stopped in my tracks by the sound of a singing Wood Thrush.
Such an amazing song! Who'll be the next neotropical migrant to
arrive?
Happy Birding!
Luanne
Columbus, NC (foothills, down the mountain from Hendersonville)
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Subject:
From: Helmut Mueller <hmuelle(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 4:46pm
Our first hummingbird today.
Scarlet Tanager singing yesterday & this AM
Helmut C. Mueller
409 Moonridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-942-4937
hmueller(AT)email.unc.edu
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Subject: Re: Flute has returned!
From: "Phil Dickinson" <pdickins(AT)triad.rr.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 5:10pm
Yes, I had my first wood thrush at Reynolda Gardens in Winston-Salem,
yesterday - as he flew over a La. Waterthrush in a stream bed and posed for
me on a pile of dead limbs.
Phil Dickinson
Winston-Salem
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luanne Blankenship" <blblank(AT)charter.net>
To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 4:25 PM
Subject: Flute has returned!
> C-Birders,
> I hurried out the door about 8:45am this morning headed for a meeting and
> was stopped in my tracks by the sound of a singing Wood Thrush. Such an
> amazing song! Who'll be the next neotropical migrant to arrive?
> Happy Birding!
> Luanne
> Columbus, NC (foothills, down the mountain from Hendersonville)
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Subject: Nathan was right sooner than he thought!
From: "Larry" <Larry(AT)lbarden.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 7:52pm
"Moderate southwesterly winds, forecast for Thursday afternoon and Thursday
night, point to the possibility of a short-term "peak" taking place Friday
morning." Nathan Dias
Louise and I got a jump on the weekend because UNC-Charlotte had a
campus-wide power outage today. This evening between 6-8 pm in Evergreen
Nature Preserve we found 30 species including the following new migrants:
Wood Thrush (Hermit Thrush last weekend), Barn Swallow, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, House Wren, and a new species for the Evergreen bird list,
Eastern Kingbird.
Cheers,
Larry Barden
Charlotte
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Subject: NE Creek
From: Sandy Cash <lcashjr(AT)nc.rr.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 9:35pm
Hi all,
I stopped by the NE Creek impoundment this morning - highlights were a
FOTY YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and a flyover GREAT EGRET.
Good Birding,
-Sandy
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Sandy Cash
Durham, NC
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Subject: Santee Coastal Reserve + Francis Marion NF - new arrivals
and old friends
From: Nate Dias <offshorebirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 10:04pm
This morning (April 13) I did some scouting for the
upcoming shorebird workshop. I checked Santee Coastal
Reserve - the rains last weekend slowed the drying
process and helped maintain good shorebird conditions.
Shorebird numbers were down a bit from a week ago,
variety is still not very high.
I had half a dozen singing Bachman's Sparrows on the
entrance drive, along with a family group of 5
Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. I saw my first Blue
Grosbeak of the season - it was hanging around the
work yard / equipment area at the entrance to the Cape
Unit of SCR. Mammal highlights were a Bobcat (female)
and a River Otter. Mammal lowlights included 3
families of feral hogs.
After SCR, I did my Swamp Warbler route in the Francis
Marion forest and I also slogged through some nice
swamps and canebreaks. Hooded Warblers were all over
the place and I saw my first Acadian Flycatcher of the
season. I ran across two different Ovenbirds on
territory in the Honey Hill area. Along a wonderful
section of old trail that runs between two swamps, I
found this year's Worm-eating Warbler and two
Swainson's Warblers on territory. I told the
Swainson's hello and that I knew their parents and
grandparents, but they were to busy to take notice. A
nearby Water Moccasin took notice of me while hissing
and showing his white mouth.
Santee Coastal Reserve highlights:
Anhinga
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Least Bittern
Mottled Duck
Bald Eagle
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Greater + Lesser Yellowlegs
Short-billed Dowitcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Western + Least + Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Common Nighthawk
RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER
Red-headed Woodpecker
Sedge Wren (still molting)
Loggerhead Shrike
BACHMAN's SPARROW
SEASIDE SPARROW (12+ singing males)
Blue Grosbeak (singing male)
Painted Bunting
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Francis Marion National Forest highlights:
American Kestrel
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Mississippi Kite
Barred Owl
Wild Turkey
Acadian Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (prob. Wayne's Race)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Hooded Warber (lots)
Worm-eating Warbler (on territory)
SWAINSON'S WARBLER (2 on territory)
Ovenbird (2 on territory)
Summer Tanager (first day I have heard several this
year)
BACHMAN'S SPARROW
Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC
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Subject: Oriole at the hummer feeder
From: "John Register" <jregister4(AT)cox.net>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 10:17pm
C'Birders....
A male Orchard Oriole joined the threesome of Ruby-throats at the
hummer feeder this afternoon. I was glad to welcome him back, but the
hummers were not.
John Register
Washington, NC
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Subject: Bald Eagles
From: "philshar(AT)earthlink.net" <philshar@earthlink.net>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 10:58pm
Hi All,
I was sitting out back after mowing today,spotted a Bald Eagle soaring over
the house. I went in to call Sharon for a look,when we got back out with
our bins we saw two eagles. One was probably 200 yrds. behind the other,
the second bird folded it's wings and went into a stoop. It didn't take it
long to catch the first bird.
They were pretty high but it was still an impressive sight.
Phil
Sharon & Phil Turner
Myrtle Beach,S C 29588
philshar(AT)earthlink.net
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