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Carolina RBA August 3 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: August 3, 2000
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 August 3 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 :

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
WHITE -WINGED DOVE
EURASIAN COLLARED - DOVE
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRDS
FEA'S PETREL
Upcoming offshore birding opportunities

ROSEATE  SPOONBILLS can be seen in both Carolinas right now. A bird has been 
present at Pea Island NWR since late May. This bird is most likely to be seen 
at Newfield, which is just south of North Pond. View the area from the south 
dike of North Pond. In South Carolina, a ROSEATE  SPOONBILL  has been seen at 
Kiawah Island at Ibis Pond on Ocean Course Drive.

A WHITE- WINGED DOVE  continues to be seen and heard in Beaufort, NC. Look 
around the intersection of Ann and Live Oak Sts. in Beaufort.

A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE visited a feeder in Kill Devil Hills, NC on July 15. 
Contact Keith Watson at <Shaawitya@aol.com> to see if this bird is still 
around.

Brian Patteson's late July offshore birding produced 2 WHITE-TAILED 
TROPICBIRDS on the 15th along with FEA'S PETREL and MANX SHEARWATER. Good 
numbers of BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and BAND-RUMPED STORM PETRELS are usually 
seen on all Gulf Stream trips. Other commonly encountered species include 
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, GREATER SHEARWATERS, CORY'S SHEARWATERS, BRIDLED 
TERNS, SOOTY TERNS, LEACH'S STORM -PETREL, POMARINE , PARASITIC , and 
LONG-TAILED JAEGERS. Brian has scheduled more offshore birding trips 
including special two-day packages to look for the very rare WHITE-FACED 
STORM PETREL. One- day Gulf Stream trips will be out of Hatteras on Aug. 5, 
6, 26, 27, Sept. 9, 10. and Manteo on Aug. 12, 19, Sept. 4. White -faced 
storm petrel trips are Aug. 13-14, 20-21, and Sept. 2-3. Call Brian Patteson 
at 252- 986- 1363 between 7 and 9 PM  for details on how to get on one of 
these boats.
FOCUS ON NATURE Tours also provides offshore birding opportunities in NC. On 
July 31 they located a FEA'S PETREL and SOUTH POLAR SKUAS July 29, 30 31., as 
well as most more commonly encountered species. FONT will be going offshore 
August 5, 6, 7 out of Manteo, NC. Call FONT at 1-800 362-0869 for details.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Paul Guris, Brian Patteson, Keith Watson, 
and Lisbeth Stockman for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC 
PiephoffT@aol.com