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Subject: Re: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC.
From: Harry LeGrand <harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 8:06am
Folks:
I ran the Avendex software program, being aware that I didn't ever
recall an inland Spoonbill report in Chat, etc., and sure enough -- Russ
Tyndall database program shows ZERO previous well-inland records in the
Carolinas.
So -- could someone please send me -- or to carolinabirds listserve -- a
description of the bird, and/or still photos? This is certainly worthy
of review by the NC Bird Records Committee. Of course, it is very hard
to mistake a Roseate Spoonbill, but the material below contains no
description or photo.
Thanks for any additional input on this remarkable report.
Harry LeGrand
Chair, NC Bird Records Committee
Judy Walker wrote:
> This afternoon I was able to take some video of a Roseate Spoonbill on a
> small reservoir in Monroe, NC. The bird has apparently been there for about
> 2 weeks. It was feeding in the shallow end of the lake with several Great
> Egrets, Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egrets. There were a number of other
> shorebirds killdeer, dunlin, and peeps, feeding in the area as well.
>
> If anyone is interested in seeing the bird contact Donna Helms
> rdelhelms(AT)aol.com.
>
>
> Judith Walker
> Charlotte
> birdwalker(AT)mac.com
>
>
>
>
--
Harry LeGrand
NC Natural Heritage Program
DENR Office of Conservation and Community Affairs
1601 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
(919) 715-8697 (work)
FAX: 919-715-3085
e-mail: harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net
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Subject: RE: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC.
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 9:53am
There are at least three inland spoonbill records for South Carolina -- two
from Richland County and one from Aiken County. A spoonbill was at the Dry
Branch Hunt Club and also Congaree National Park in July, 1996.
http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/chat/issues/2005/v69n1congaree.pdf
There was a spoonbill along US 601 near the Congaree River, Richland County
(including Congaree National Park) during late July / early August of this
year (2006).
There was a spoonbill at Silver Bluff Audubon Center, Aiken County at few
years ago.
Roseate Spoonbills are known to wander well north and inland of their usual
range in late summer. In the early 1990's I saw a Roseate Spoonbill at Yazoo
NWR in Mississippi, several hundred miles north of the usual range along the
Gulf Coast.
Robin Carter
Columbia, SC USA
mailto:rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com
-----Original Message-----
From: carolinabirds-owner(AT)acpub.duke.edu
[mailto:carolinabirds-owner(AT)acpub.duke.edu]On Behalf Of Harry LeGrand
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:11 AM
To: Judy Walker
Cc: Carolinabirds
Subject: Re: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC.
Folks:
I ran the Avendex software program, being aware that I didn't ever
recall an inland Spoonbill report in Chat, etc., and sure enough -- Russ
Tyndall database program shows ZERO previous well-inland records in the
Carolinas.
So -- could someone please send me -- or to carolinabirds listserve -- a
description of the bird, and/or still photos? This is certainly worthy
of review by the NC Bird Records Committee. Of course, it is very hard
to mistake a Roseate Spoonbill, but the material below contains no
description or photo.
Thanks for any additional input on this remarkable report.
Harry LeGrand
Chair, NC Bird Records Committee
Judy Walker wrote:
> This afternoon I was able to take some video of a Roseate Spoonbill on a
> small reservoir in Monroe, NC. The bird has apparently been there for
about
> 2 weeks. It was feeding in the shallow end of the lake with several Great
> Egrets, Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egrets. There were a number of other
> shorebirds killdeer, dunlin, and peeps, feeding in the area as well.
>
> If anyone is interested in seeing the bird contact Donna Helms
> rdelhelms(AT)aol.com.
>
>
> Judith Walker
> Charlotte
> birdwalker(AT)mac.com
>
>
>
>
--
Harry LeGrand
NC Natural Heritage Program
DENR Office of Conservation and Community Affairs
1601 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
(919) 715-8697 (work)
FAX: 919-715-3085
e-mail: harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net
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Subject: Re: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC.
From: "Lois" <croakie(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 11:04am
There was also a report of an immature Spoonbill at Silver Bluff briefly
this year, just after they lowered the ponds. I don't think it stayed long.
Lois Stacey
North Augusta, SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Carter" <rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com>
To: "Harry LeGrand" <harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net>
Cc: "CarolinaBirds" <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC.
> There are at least three inland spoonbill records for South Carolina --
> two
> from Richland County and one from Aiken County. A spoonbill was at the Dry
> Branch Hunt Club and also Congaree National Park in July, 1996.
>
> http://www.carolinabirdclub.org/chat/issues/2005/v69n1congaree.pdf
>
> There was a spoonbill along US 601 near the Congaree River, Richland
> County
> (including Congaree National Park) during late July / early August of this
> year (2006).
>
> There was a spoonbill at Silver Bluff Audubon Center, Aiken County at few
> years ago.
>
> Roseate Spoonbills are known to wander well north and inland of their
> usual
> range in late summer. In the early 1990's I saw a Roseate Spoonbill at
> Yazoo
> NWR in Mississippi, several hundred miles north of the usual range along
> the
> Gulf Coast.
>
> Robin Carter
> Columbia, SC USA
> mailto:rcarter(AT)sc.rr.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: carolinabirds-owner(AT)acpub.duke.edu
> [mailto:carolinabirds-owner(AT)acpub.duke.edu]On Behalf Of Harry LeGrand
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:11 AM
> To: Judy Walker
> Cc: Carolinabirds
> Subject: Re: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC.
>
>
> Folks:
> I ran the Avendex software program, being aware that I didn't ever
> recall an inland Spoonbill report in Chat, etc., and sure enough -- Russ
> Tyndall database program shows ZERO previous well-inland records in the
> Carolinas.
>
> So -- could someone please send me -- or to carolinabirds listserve -- a
> description of the bird, and/or still photos? This is certainly worthy
> of review by the NC Bird Records Committee. Of course, it is very hard
> to mistake a Roseate Spoonbill, but the material below contains no
> description or photo.
>
> Thanks for any additional input on this remarkable report.
>
> Harry LeGrand
> Chair, NC Bird Records Committee
>
> Judy Walker wrote:
>> This afternoon I was able to take some video of a Roseate Spoonbill on a
>> small reservoir in Monroe, NC. The bird has apparently been there for
> about
>> 2 weeks. It was feeding in the shallow end of the lake with several Great
>> Egrets, Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egrets. There were a number of other
>> shorebirds killdeer, dunlin, and peeps, feeding in the area as well.
>>
>> If anyone is interested in seeing the bird contact Donna Helms
>> rdelhelms(AT)aol.com.
>>
>>
>> Judith Walker
>> Charlotte
>> birdwalker(AT)mac.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Harry LeGrand
> NC Natural Heritage Program
> DENR Office of Conservation and Community Affairs
> 1601 MSC
> Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
> (919) 715-8697 (work)
> FAX: 919-715-3085
> e-mail: harry.legrand(AT)ncmail.net
>
>
>
> --
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>
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Subject: Male Hummer
From: Birdladypat(AT)aol.com
Date: 13 Sep 2006 11:34am
I just saw a male hummer battling with a female for control of one of my five
feeders. There was a male here all afternoon on Sat., the latest date that I
had ever seen one. Now on the 13th there's one visiting!
Patty Tice
Raleigh, NC
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Subject: Bobolinks meet n greet with Cooper's Hawk
From: "Alan D. Meijer" <alan_meijer(AT)ncsu.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 12:10pm
Hi all,
For some reason, I have had a large number of BOBOLINKS take up temporary
residence in a field adjacent to my home. This field is just full of weeds
of various kinds and full of seed I’m sure. They've been around for almost
two weeks. Yesterday morning, I would have estimated there to be 50-100
birds in the flock, and all of a sudden, the whole flock was in the air and
I realized I was dealing with closer to 200 birds. The reason for their
sudden group movement was a large COOPER'S HAWK that swooped in.
Unfortunately he didn't really give it his all, in my opinion. Had I not
come around the corner of the house to see where the coop went, he might
have had a meal, for the Bobolinks went on back to their foraging, while the
Cooper had taken a position in a medium sized sweet gum. Upon my entry to
the scene, the accipiter flew across the road and waited for me to leave.
I'm sure he could garner some nourishment from this field if he sat there
for awhile.
Alan D. Meijer
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Alan D. Meijer
Extension Specialist: Tillage & Soil Management
NCSU: Department of Soil Science
Vernon G. James Research & Extension Center
207 Research Station Rd
Plymouth, NC 27962
(252) 793-4428 x166
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/soils/tillage/
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Subject: Peregrine Falcon at Ft Macon
From: jvoigt(AT)coastalnet.com
Date: 13 Sep 2006 12:30pm
Birded with Sally Carter from Bloomington IN this morning.
We saw a juvenile Peregrine Falcon perched in a tree just past the end of the
Fort parking lot. This bird was plucking a recently caught Eastern Kingbird.
The only other migrant seen was a Yellow Warbler.
John Voigt
Emerald Isle NC
jvoigt(AT)coastalnet.com
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Subject: Re: Male Hummer
From: "Phil Dickinson" <pdickins(AT)triad.rr.com>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 2:39pm
I still had a male-female feeder confrontation yesterday afternoon (12th). I
have not been looking much today in the pouring rain.
Phil Dickinson
Winston-Salem
----- Original Message -----
From: <Birdladypat(AT)aol.com>
To: <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:34 AM
Subject: Male Hummer
>I just saw a male hummer battling with a female for control of one of my
>five
> feeders. There was a male here all afternoon on Sat., the latest date
> that I
> had ever seen one. Now on the 13th there's one visiting!
>
> Patty Tice
> Raleigh, NC
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Subject: White Osprey
From: "R. O. Bierregaard, Jr." <rbierreg(AT)email.uncc.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 3:25pm
Thought this might be of interest:
>
>
>This message is to alert hawk watches in the east that an all-white
>Osprey was seen on the St. Lawrence River near Gananoque, Ontario on
>August 30.
>
>I saw the bird perched on one of the Osprey nest platforms in the
>river as a tour boat I was on passed by.
>
>There were no dark feathers on this bird at all. It appeared
>completely white with only hints of very pale grey here and there.
>
>It was quite striking and worth watching for this fall along the
>eastern flyways.
>
>Bruce Duncan
>Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch
>
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UNC-Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte NC 28223
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Subject: RE: goldfinches in the Mts...
From: "fred" <fredhouk(AT)bellsouth.net>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 6:38pm
Dear Mt. folks:
You are hereby served with a summons to appear before the magistrate to show
cause why we shouldn't imprison you guys for stealing our goldfinches...
Shape up, or the long arm of the law will reach out and getcha!
Fred Houk
Chatham County
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Subject: Another Wayne Co Buff-breasted
From: "Eric Dean" <wolfpackdeans(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 7:27pm
Hi all,
This evening on the way home from work, I stopped by the Cherry Hospital
(Wayne Co, NC) fields to look for shorebirds. Among a group of yellowlegs,
Pectorals and Leasts was a lone Buff-breasted Sandpiper. That's the second
occurrence for this species here this fall. Still no Uppies here. :-(
Eric
Eric & Celia Dean
112 Armstrong Dr
Goldsboro NC 27530
919-736-7264 (home)
919-920-1542 (cell)
wolfpackdeans(AT)earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~wolfpackdeans/
".... I realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than
airplanes." Charles Lindbergh
.
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Subject: Spoonbill in Monroe, NC
From: PiephoffT(AT)aol.com
Date: 13 Sep 2006 9:12pm
Birders,
On Tuesday Sept. 12 I easily found the roseate spoonbill at Lake Twitty in
Union County, NC just east of Monroe, NC. Today Don Seriff found the bird in
the same spot. Don was going to dispatch someone from his department
(Natural Resources) to photograph the bird, and some others are hoping to get
down
there this weekend to document the bird as well. Lets hope it extends it's
stay until then.
I had thought this would be at most the 2nd inland occurence of the species
in the state. I thought I had heard of a previous record from the Triangle
area, and Sibley does show a single green dot for the species near the
Triangle. If that is in error then I'm sure Union County will gladly accept
the
record as a state inland first.
If the spoonbill from Richland County, SC is no longer being seen then I
think it is very possible, even likely, that this is the same bird. It appears
the dates of occurence at both sites dovetail nicely.
The contact person in Judy Walker's post is most helpful if you contact her.
I can give a few additional tips that may make your search shorter. Feel
free to contact me .
Those of you carolina birders who know of my birding travails chasing this
species from the Outer Banks to Sunset Beach for years are no doubt snickering
now that a roseate spoonbill has shown up less than 30 minutes from my house.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
_PiephoffT(AT)aol.com_ (mailto:PiephoffT(AT)aol.com)
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Subject: Big Sit Team Formed
From: "James A. Webb" <jwebb3(AT)ec.rr.com>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 10:15pm
Hello List
Anyone interested in participating in the Big Sit, we have formed a team and
our circle will be located atop the battery mound at Fort Fisher in New
Hanover County. The sit is scheduled for Sunday October 8th from midnight
to midnight on Monday. This is a FREE EVENT and is open to every person and
club in any country. All skill levels are welcome to participate. The
circle probably will not be manned for the entire 24 hour period, and no one
is expected to be there the entire time. If you want to sit for an hour or
two and then explore the rest of the area and work on listing we would
welcome any time you could spare. To learn more and read the rules go to:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.aspx
You do not have to sign up to participate just show up. If you are planning
to participate please contact me off list. Thanks!
Andy Webb
jwebb3(AT)ec.rr.com
Onslow Co., NC
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Subject: Featherless Heads
From: "Holly Powell" <hpowell48(AT)ec.rr.com>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 10:19pm
Judy Murray wrote:
"Also earlier I had a Catbird with so much feather loss from
the head I could clearly see his ears! The Cardinals who usually have this
problem seemed to have survived fairly well this season."
I've also had Cardinals this year that looked really hideous. Recently had
a Blue jay with a totally bald head and a gorgeous body covered with normal
looking feathers. What causes this?
Holly Powell
Hummingbird Hideaway
15 miles north of Beaufort, NC
On Adams Creek, Intracoastal Waterway
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Subject: WOO HOO/BOO HOO here
From: "Holly Powell" <hpowell48(AT)ec.rr.com>
Date: 13 Sep 2006 10:31pm
KC Foggin wrote on 12 Sep about having a new life bird and brand new yard
bird, a Red-eyed vireo. (Great picture KC!)
I had exactly the same experience here on 12 Sep--same bird, life bird and
new yard bird, but mine unfortunately died from a window strike (despite
decals).
Ruby-throated hummer numbers severely down in past couple of days. Was
seeing 5-10 at a time over the weekend, but now have just a couple...it
seems so quiet!
Holly Powell
Hummingbird Hideaway
15 miles north of Beaufort, NC
On Adams Creek, Intracoastal Waterway
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