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Carolina RBA Oct. 20 Update



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