Carolina RBA June 14 Update

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hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: June 14, 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 a June 14 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:

MOURNING WARBLER
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING -DUCK
YELLOW-CROWNED  NIGHT-HERONS

A  male MOURNING WARBLER has been seen in the same area on Roan Mt where one 
was discovered last year. From Carver's Gap take the Appalachian Trail south 
1.5 miles to the Grassy Ridge/Appalachian Trail intersect. The bird is a few 
yards up the Grassy Ridge Trail.

A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER is apparently on territory near Sparta, NC in 
Alleghany County. Contact Harrol Blevins at kestrel@valink.com for details.

A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK has been seen at Magnolia Gardens near 
Charleston, SC. Walk the ricefield dike along the Ashley River to a bend to 
the left. Continue to the left about 100m to an opening in the rice field. 
The bird has been seen here.

Visiting birders to Charlotte, NC can check out breeding YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT 
HERONS. Look for a nest over  the road at 601 Ashworth Rd. 

Thanks this week to Kerry Provence and Harrol Blevins for their reports. Some 
of this information was gleaned from carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com