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Carolina RBA Oct. 20 Update
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Carolina RBA Oct. 20 Update
- From: PiephoffT@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 21:14:07 EDT
- CC: BIRDEAST@listserv.arizona.edu, giffbeaton@mindspring.com
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: October 20, 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 an Oct. 20 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:
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS
LARK SPARROW
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
EURASIAN WIGEON
WILSON'S WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
AM. GOLDEN PLOVER
DICKCISSEL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS continue to be widely reported from coastal locations
in NC. This sparrow was seen at Cape Lookout on Oct. 11 (2 individuals) and
Oct. 14 at Pea Island on the Outer Banks. The best spot to look for migrant
sparrows on the Outer Banks is usually the shrubs around the parking lot and
old Coast Guard Station at the south side of Oregon Inlet. Other landbird
migrants gather here as well. Rarer sparrows like CLAY-COLORED and LARK can
be expected at this site through mid-November.
A DICKCISSEL was at the old Coast Guard Station at Oregon Inlet on Oct 19.
An adult male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was seen on Roanoke Is. NC on 10-8
but could not be relocated later that day or since that date. There are
records of this species in winter from NC so it is conceivable that this
individual could linger for a while. Interested birders should look along
the short loop trail across the pond from the parking lot at the end of the
bridge crossing Croatan Sound onto Roanoke IS.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at North Pond at Pea Is. NWR on the Outer
Banks on Oct. 20.
The causeway across Lake Mattamuskeet in NC often will attract lingering
warblers and other migrants well into November. On Oct 13 a WILSON'S WARBLER
and NASHVILLE WARBLER were seen there.
An AM. GOLDEN PLOVER was present at Huntington Beach State Park in SC on Oct
14. The bird was seen around low tide at the viewing gazebo on the north side
of the causeway there. A DICKCISSEL was seen at the park along the Carriage
Path on Oct. 18.
Thanks this week to Jeff Lewis, John Fussell, Pat Moore, and Judy Walker for
their calls and reports.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com