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Carolina RBA Dec. 7 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: December 7, 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 December 7 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:

SNOWY OWL
GLAUCOUS GULL
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
WHITE PELICANS

The SNOWY OWL present on the Fort Fisher spit since 11-24 has not been 
reported since 12-3. 

A  1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen  on 11-29 on a small freshwater pond 
right by the road in Carolina Beach, NC. Look at the intersection of Lake 
Park Blvd. and Atlanta Ave.

Two WHITE PELICANS were seen at Harker's Island in NC on 12-1.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE is being seen in Whispering Pines, NC. Contact 
Susan Campbell at <ncaves@utinet.net> for latest details.

A female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD is coming to a feeder near York, SC. Call Bill 
Hilton at 803-684-5852 for arrangements to see this bird.

A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was banded near York, SC  on 11-27. This species is 
virtually never reported from the piedmont or coastal plains of the Carolinas 
except by banders; though these small owls probably winter throughout both 
states most years. For details call Bill Hilton  at 803-684-5852 for details.

Thanks this week to Bill Hilton and Brian Deanhardt for their calls and 
reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com