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Carolina RBA October 30 Update
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Carolina RBA October 30 Update
- From: PiephoffT@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:49:24 EST
- Cc: BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU, giffbeaton@mindspring.com
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: October 30,2002
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-532-6336 or 704-332-2473 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina statewide
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Hello, this is an October 30 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 WAGTAIL
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
WESTERN KINGBIRD
COMMON EIDER
AMERICAN BITTERN
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS
There was much excitement 10-22 when an imm. WHITE WAGTAIL was discovered at
Sandling Beach Rec. Area at Falls Lake (NC). Many lucky area birders got to
see this bird as it actively chased insects at the water's edge of the
swimming area. Birders arrived early the next morning at the site but a
day-long wait for the bird to reappear was fruitless.
An imm. CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD is coming to a feeder in Castalia, NC about 15
miles north of Rocky Mount, NC. For information call Sharon Funderburk at
919-853-2716 or at <coney @mindspring.com>.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen at Battery Buchanen just south of the Fort Fisher
ferry terminal on 10-27. The bird was not seen 10-28. This is a good area to
look for this species in the fall.
Visitors to the Alligator River NWR in eastern NC should look for LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS in the shrubs and grasses along the refuge roads. This refuge is
also an excellent place to observe raptors. NORTHERN HARRIERS are common; and
SHORT-EARED OWLS, BARN OWLS, BALD EAGLES, and ROUGH -LEGGED HAWKS are
possibilities.
Birders with a 4-WD vehicle can look for a COMMON EIDER on the sound side of
the Hatteras spit. From the ferry terminal at Hatteras take the sand road
towards the inlet. Take the sound access roads to the right and scan the
water. This bird could also be seen from the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry.
Birders near Charlotte, NC can see AM. BITTERN, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, VESPER
SPARROWS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, SEDGE WREN and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at the
McDowell Park Prairie restoration area south of Charlotte. From Hwy. 49
south, take a right at Shopton Rd. West and go a couple of miles to the
prairie on the left. Park at the cable across the dirt road and walk in. Look
around the pond and the brushpiles and grasses to the back of the prairie.
Thanks this week to Jeff Pippen, Jill Froning, Sharon Funderburk, Jeff Lewis,
Karen Bearden, Bruce Smithson for their calls and reports.
Taylor Piephoff
PiephoffT@aol.com
Charlotte, NC