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Carolina RBA August 31` Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: August 31, 1999
number: 704-532-6336
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff (Carolina Bird Club)

Hello, this is an August 31 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring 
birding news from North and South Carolina. Highlights on this report include:

WESTERN GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
AM. WHITE PELICANS
AM. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS
UPLAND SANDPIPERS
inland shorebirding areas



The WESTERN GREBE present at Lake Wallace near Bennettsville, SC was not seen 
 8-29. The bird had been present for over 2 weeks off the peninsula just off 
SC Rte. 385.

A SANDHILL CRANE has been seen since 8-25 in Cleveland Co., NC near Shelby. 
Call Joanne Martin at 828-453-7400 for details.

Up to 27 AM. WHITE PELICANS are being seen at Bear Island WMA in SC. Look in 
the pond behind the house as you enter the WMA. These birds have been present 
for about 10 days and represent a remarkable number of  individuals for the 
Carolinas. Sometimes these birds move over to nearby Donnelly WMA so check 
there if Bear Island comes up empty.

An AM. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE  was seen 8-26 in Greenville County, SC over I-385 
exit 24. This species is prone to dispersing and wandering into the piedmont 
and even the mountains in some years. This is probably the first record for 
Greenville County.

Drought conditions over much of the Carolinas this summer have created 
excellent shorebird habitat at several inland areas. At Jordan Lake near 
Raleigh, NC, try the  mudflats where Hwy. 751 crosses the lake. A BAIRD'S 
SANDPIPER was seen there 8-24. Hooper Lane near Hendersonville, NC has 
produced up to 8 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS , GOLDEN PLOVERS, BLACK- BELLIED 
PLOVERS, SANDERLING, and UPLAND SANDPIPERS.  The Super Sod Farm near 
Orangeburg, SC is a good bet to produce these species as well. A BAIRD'S 
SANDPIPER was present there 8-21.

Thanks this week to Burton Moore, Paul Shewmaker, Pete Worthington, Glen 
Smith, Joanne Martin, and Brian McCallum. 

Taylor Piephoff
PiephoffT@aol.com
Charlotte, NC