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Carolina RBA June 29 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: June 29, 2000
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club.

Hello, this is a June 28 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 FLYCATCHER
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
WARBLING VIREOS
DICKCISSELS
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS

A nesting pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS can be easily seen south of 
Monroe, NC in Union County (NC). From US 74 in Monroe, take Hwy 200 South. 
When 200 turns right STAY STRAIGHT. This will be Hwy 207 (Hayne St.) Follow 
207 through Monroe and for a few miles south of town. Turn Right on Wolf Pond 
Rd. (still 207) and go about 3.5 miles to where high tension wires cross the 
road. Almost directly under the wires turn left onto a gravel drive way. Pass 
several houses and cross a creek , then immediately turn right onto another  
gravel drive. Go a couple of hundred yards and park just past a family plot 
cemetery. Scan the fields and wires for the flycatchers.

A WHITE -WINGED DOVE  can be easily heard and seen in Beaufort, NC. Look and 
listen around the intersection of Live Oak and Ann Streets. EURASIAN 
COLLARED-DOVES are easy to see here as well.

WARBLING VIREOS have been discovered in Cleveland County, NC near 
Cherryville, NC. From Cherryville take 274 south to Old Post Rd (CR 1425). 
Turn right and go into Cleveland County after a couple of miles. Pass a 
sewage treatment plant, farm and silo then cross the Muddy Fork River. Pull 
off the road where safe at the river. Look for the vireos in the sycamores 
here.

Dickcissels can be found in Cleveland and Gaston Counties in NC. For 
directions to these birds call Simon Thompson at 828-859-0382.

A singing male MAGNOLIA WARBLER was seen June 28 at Roan Mt. in NC. Look 
around the parking lot at the old Cloudland Hotel location.

Several birders have reported YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS from both Carolinas this 
June. Reports have come in from coastal areas in SC, York county in SC's 
piedmont and  Mt. Mitchell in NC's mountains. 

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Susan Arrington, Lex Glover, Len Pardue, 
Bill Hilton, and Simon Thompson for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
PiephoffT@aol.com
Charlotte, NC