Carolina RBAApril 25 Update

[PiephoffT@aol.com]

hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: April 25, 2002
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 April 25 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:

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS
SWALLOW-TAILED KITES
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
CASPIAN TERN  (mountains)

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS have successfully nested for 2 years near Monroe 
NC in Union County (NC). A pair has returned  to the same site this year. 
Contact the Olsens at 704-764-3377 for details on seeing these birds.

SWALLOW-TAILED KITES have been sighted a few times in NC recently. On 4-17 
one was over Swansboro, on 4-20 an individual was at Cedar Island NWR, and on 
4-21 one was seen over Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks.

At least one WHITE-WINGED DOVE continues to be seen at the usual Beaufort, NC 
site. Walk the neighborhood around the intersection of Live Oak and Ann Sts. 
in Beaufort. Look and listen for the dove. Contact Susan or Rich Boyd at 
252-504-3859 for details.

Migrating terns should be looked for on inland bodies of water in the 
Carolinas now. On 4-20 a CASPIAN TERN was in the mountains at Lake Julian 
near Hendersonville.

Thanks to James Cameron, John Fussell, Dennis Forsythe, Anne Olsen, for their 
calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com