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Subject: Great birding off Cape Hatteras; NEED PARTICIPANTS August 19
and 20
From: "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 9:39am
Dear Carolinabirders,
We are in dire need of some more participants for our pelagic trips from
Hatteras this weekend. We have trips planned for both August 19 and 20,
but we may only run one day because of low attendance. This seems like
it should be a good weekend. We have a light EASTERLY wind blowing all
week, and there have been daily reports of tropicbirds from the charter
fleet. It is also the last good weekend for Band-rumped Storm- Petrels
for the summer. The forecast for the weekend is for light winds.
Last weekend we saw two White-tailed Tropicbirds on Sunday and a Fea's
Petrel on Saturday. The weekend before that we saw Herald Petrels each
day and a Magnificent Frigatebird on Sunday. It is about time for
Bridled and Sooty Tern numbers to pick up, and for some jaegers to show.
Shearwater numbers are increasing, and with that comes the chance for
South Polar Skua. Mid August is the time we found Cape Verde Shearwater
two years ago, and August 8 was the date for Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel and
Bulwer's Petrel off Cape Hatteras in 1998. Nearly every rarity that we
have seen in spring has been seen in August despite relatively little
effort at this time in recent years. Most times we see many more birds
on these summer trips that we do in spring, so if you have been
considering a trip this year, I highly recommend it.
Our next trips will be on Labor Day weekend. We hope to do at least two
trips that weekend, and we'll do three if there is enough interest and
the weather permits. This is also a great weekend with the chance for
about everything but Band-rumped Storm-Petrel.
In late September we are running trips from Va. Beach on Sept. 23(24)
and 30 (Oct. 1). These are Saturday trips w/ Sunday weather dates, and
we will be searching for White-faced Storm-Petrel.
More information about our trips is on the web at
http://www.seabirding.com/. I hope to get the recent trip lists posted
soon, but recently we've been fishing nearly every day that we haven't
been birding, so there hasn't been much time.
If you have a small party and would like to go pelagic birding (and or
fishing and photographing) on a date we don't have a trip planned, we
might be available for charter. It is only slightly more expensive than
a regular birding trip to charter the boat, so it is a serious option
that has been under-utilized this year.
Please contact me ASAP if interested in going this weekend, so I can let
folks know the feasibility of one or two trips. I'll be at sea this
afternoon and early this evening. My phone number is (252) 986-1363,
and you might reach me on the boat at (252) 473-9163 if we aren't out of
range.
Thanks,
Brian Patteson
Hatteras, NC
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Subject: Goodbye Baird's; Hello Juvenile Grasshopper
From: "John Ennis" <swampwolf(AT)thebusinessbirder.com>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 1:02pm
The overwhelming response to my recent sparrow ID query was that the birds
in question were juvenile Grasshopper Sparrows instead of Baird's...my heart
is broken!
As I feared the first two birders that said "Baird's" had not considered
that they might be juvenile Grasshoppers or, for that matter, juvenile
Baird's...
Dang! I'll just have to go back next year when the birds are singing...
John Ennis
Leland, NC
910-371-9729
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Subject: White hummingbird in Yadkin Co., NC
From: "Will Cook" <cwcook(AT)duke.edu>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 1:28pm
Susan Vestal wanted to share the news of her discovery with
Carolinabirds...
------- Forwarded message follows -------
Subject: white hummingbird
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:37:00 -0400
From: "Susan Vestal" (svestal(AT)wfubmc.edu)
Hi! There is a white hummingbird in my yard late today. He was
still here until almost dark. I live in Yadkin county, about 30 mins
from Winston-Salem. So exciting! I've never seen one before!
Susan Vestal
------- End of forwarded message -------
Susan doesn't know if it's around today, and hasn't managed to take a
photo yet. Some past white hummers from the NC Piedmont:
http://www.rubythroat.org/AlbinoMain.html
http://www.carolinanature.com/birds/leucisticrthu.html
--
Charles W. "Will" Cook w 919-660-5144
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook cwcook(AT)duke.edu
Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708
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Subject: Re: Great birding off Cape Hatteras; NEED PARTICIPANTS
August 19 and 20
From: Nate Dias <offshorebirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 3:18pm
In addition to the great birds Brian mentioned, I will
be surprised if upcoming August / September Hatteras
pelagics do not produce a Brown Noddy.
SC and north Georgia seem to be crawling with them the
past couple of years.
I would be heading to Hatteras myself over the next
few weeks, if I were not already bound for northern
California for 10 days of pelagics, land birding and
catching up with friends.
Nate Dias - Charleston, SC
--- "J. BRIAN PATTESON" <patteson1(AT)mindspring.com>
wrote:
> Dear Carolinabirders,
>
> We are in dire need of some more participants for
> our pelagic trips from
> Hatteras this weekend.
...
> Last weekend we saw two White-tailed Tropicbirds on
> Sunday and a Fea's
> Petrel on Saturday. The weekend before that we saw
> Herald Petrels each
> day and a Magnificent Frigatebird on Sunday. It is
> about time for
> Bridled and Sooty Tern numbers to pick up, and for
> some jaegers to show.
> Shearwater numbers are increasing, and with that
> comes the chance for
> South Polar Skua. Mid August is the time we found
> Cape Verde Shearwater
> two years ago, and August 8 was the date for
> Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel and
> Bulwer's Petrel off Cape Hatteras in 1998. Nearly
> every rarity that we
> have seen in spring has been seen in August despite
> relatively little
> effort at this time in recent years. Most times we
> see many more birds
> on these summer trips that we do in spring, so if
> you have been
> considering a trip this year, I highly recommend it.
> ...
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Subject: Fall arrival in Chatham County, NC
From: "wildbird" <wildbird(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 4:49pm
Someone reported the first of the season Ruby Crowned Kinglet in Northern
Chatham County, NC. Seems early to me, but fall really is coming. This bird
also arrived last year around this time.
--
Cynthia Fox
Wild Bird Center
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Subject: Savannah Spoil Site field trip - Saturday October 7
From: "Cape Romain Bird Observatory" <crbo(AT)dmzs.com>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 5:07pm
Carolinabirders,
I have just learned that the Georgia DOT / US ACE are once again granting
birder visits to the Savannah Spoil Site this fall.
More restrictions are in place this year than previously, but at least we are
able to gain entry once again. New restrictions include a limit of 1 visit
per birder per season and a limit of 1 visit per organization per year.
I have reserved the date of SATURDAY OCTOBER 7 for a CRBO field trip to "the
Spoil Site".
If you would like to sign up for this free field trip, email crbo(AT)dmzs.com or
call 843-607-0105.
There will be almost no walking on this trip - we will be beside our vehicles
the entire time.
We are limited to 20 participants, so this trip will fill up fast.
We expect to see huge flocks of shorebirds, including lots of American
Avocets. Migrating songbirds will also be present in variable numbers.
Ground Doves will live up to their "Common" appellation. Regular rarities
include Roseate Spoonbill, Wilson's Phalarope, Franklin's Gull and more.
Waterfowl should be present in decent numbers; a couple of years ago we had a
Cinnamon Teal in September.
---
Nathan Dias
Executive Director
Cape Romain Bird Observatory
http://www.crbo.net/
crbo(AT)dmzs.com
P.O. Box 362
McClellanville, SC 29458
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Subject: White hummingbird in Yadkin Co., NC
From: "Will Cook" <cwcook(AT)duke.edu>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 1:28pm
Susan Vestal wanted to share the news of her discovery with
Carolinabirds...
------- Forwarded message follows -------
Subject: white hummingbird
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:37:00 -0400
From: "Susan Vestal" (svestal(AT)wfubmc.edu)
Hi! There is a white hummingbird in my yard late today. He was
still here until almost dark. I live in Yadkin county, about 30 mins
from Winston-Salem. So exciting! I've never seen one before!
Susan Vestal
------- End of forwarded message -------
Susan doesn't know if it's around today, and hasn't managed to take a
photo yet. Some past white hummers from the NC Piedmont:
http://www.rubythroat.org/AlbinoMain.html
http://www.carolinanature.com/birds/leucisticrthu.html
--
Charles W. "Will" Cook w 919-660-5144
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook cwcook(AT)duke.edu
Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708
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Subject: sightings
From: "barbara brooks" <brooksba(AT)visionet.net>
Date: 16 Aug 2006 7:26pm
last week at the intersection of St. Mary's and Pleasant Green, I saw a
great egret in a little seasonal streamlet. On my first drive by I thought
cattle egret as it was in a cow pasture but I went back and saw that it was
a great egret. Also today on St/ Mary's a tree of vultures. Must have been
10 or so. Also on St. Mary's I almost hit a blue grosbeak that dropped off
the wire for a bug. thankfully, it saw the errors of his ways, flew back to
the wire without the bug and I could swerve a bit and missed him.
Barb Brooks, poet
author of the chapbook
"The Catbird Sang"
Black cap, wings slate gray,
feathers dribbled with red.
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