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Carolina RBA May 4 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: May 4, 2001
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-532-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club

Hello, this is a May 4 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:

SANDHILL CRANE
SWALLOW-TAILED KITES
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS

A SANDHILL CRANE has been seen regularly at the the Greenville, NC sewage 
treatment plant. The crane apparently spends the night in the area, since 
most sightings at this facility have been around 5:30 - 6:30 PM when the bird 
flies in from the surrounding areas. Birders can enter the facility but be 
sure to obtain permission to enter when you get there. The treatment plant is 
on Old Pactolus Rd just east of Greenville. This crane sometimes can be found 
on the fairways of the Bradford Creek Golf Course during the day. Try the 
8th, 10th , and 18th holes. Be sure to tell employees what you are doing 
there.

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE reports continue to come in from North Carolina where 
they are not known to breed. On 4-29 a single kite was seen SE of Lake Ellis 
near the Carteret-Craven County line. The bird was flying over Lake Rd. Also 
on 4-29, 2 kites were over fields along Hwy. 210 between I-40 and the Cape 
Fear River.

NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS have been heard calling at Mt. Mitchell State Park in 
NC. Listen around the campground and the maintenance area.

There is still time to make reservations to do some offshore birding in NC 
this month. Brian Patteson has room left on trips for May 29 and May 30. Call 
Brian at 252-986-1363 for details.

Thanks this week to Brian Patteson, John Fussell, and Kerry Stevens for their 
calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com