Carolina RBA May 18 Update

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hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: May 18, 2001
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 a May 18 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:

WHITE - TAILED KITE
WHITE - WINGED DOVE
SWALLOW -TAILED KITE
MISSISSIPPI KITE

A WHITE - TAILED KITE was reported from the end of SR 1145 in Currituck 
County , NC on 5-16. This is known as Piney Island Rd. 

A WHITE -WINGED DOVE was at a feeder in Wilmington, NC  May 14 and 15. Call 
Bruce Smithson at 910- 799- 5083 to see if the dove is still around.

SWALLOW-TAILED KITES can still be seen in NC through May. One was seen May 12 
near Norfleet, NC ( Halifax Co.) in the Ventosa Plantation area. A 
MISSISSIPPI KITE was also seen in the same area.

MISSISSIPPI KITES have been reported the this week from Smithfield, NC ; 
Croatan NF near New Bern, NC ; and Laurinburg, NC at the Laurinburg 
Presbyterian Church on US 74 Business.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Jeff Lewis, Bruce Smithson, Len Kendall, 
and Paula Wright.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com