North & South Carolina (Statewide) RBA
August 15, 2008
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Hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
Date: August 15, 2008
Number: 704-332-2473
To report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
Coverage: North and South Carolina
Compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, this is an August 15, 2008 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:
SNOWY PLOVER
REDDISH EGRETS
SWALLOW-TAILED KITES
COMMON EIDER
WOOD STORKS
UPLAND SANDPIPERS
A SNOWY PLOVER has been present at Bear Island (Hammocks Beach State
Park) in North Carolina at the east end of the island.
REDDISH EGRETS sightings are increasing in North Carolina but the
species is still noteworthy when it occurs. A bird was seen today
August 15, 2008 at Carrot Island in the Rachel Carson Reserve just
south of Beaufort, NC. On July 31 a bird was present at Lockwood Folly
Inlet between Oak Island and Holden Beach, NC.
Two SWALLOW-TAILED KITES have been present near Iron Station, NC in
Lincoln County, but have not been reported since August 13. From Hwy.
16 and Hwy. 73 in eastern Lincoln County go a few miles west on 73.
Pass Schronce Road on the right, pass a cell tower on the left, a few
houses on the left, then scan a large field on the left. There is a
fairly wide shoulder off the road for parking.
Inland birders should check out areas in North Carolina where wa
ders
congregate in summer for possible WOOD STORKS. Storks have been seen at
a couple of locations in Stokes and Forsythe Counties in the piedmont.
A female COMMON EIDER was seen August 5 at New River Inlet at North
Topsail beach, NC for a very unusual summer season record.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS have been present at the Super Sod Farms near
Orangeburg, SC. This site is the best in the Carolinas for observing
the species, and in the coming weeks will likely attract AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, and other potential rarities.
Thanks this week to John Fussell, Greg Massey, Tom Crutchfield, Phil
Dickinson, Frank Ford, Betty O’Leary, and Jeff Lemon for their calls
and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
Piephofft@aol.com
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