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Carolina RBA Nov. 14 update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: November 14, 2002
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-532-6336 or 704-332-2473 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club

Hello, this is a November 14 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:

LAPLAND LONGSPURS
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS
GRATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS'S GOOSE
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
VESPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
SNOW GEESE
LINCOLN'S SPARROW


LAPLAND LONGSPURS have been seen in both Carolinas recently. On 10-31 a male 
was at Huntington Beach SP (SC) behind the dunes at the dredge area. This 
area produces longspurs somwhat regularly at the park. On 11-10 twelve to 
fifteen LAPLAND LONGSPURS were present at Hooper Lane in Hendersonville, NC. 
Other birds at Hooper Lane include LINCOLN'S SPARROW and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on 
11-10, and 22 SNOW GEESE on 11-12. For information on Henderson County, NC 
birds call Wayne Forsythe at 828-697-6628 or e-mail wforsythe@a-o.com.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was in Henderson County, NC at the wastewater 
treatment plant on 11-12.

CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRDS can be seen in NC right now. An adult male has been 
visiting flowers in Orange County but may have departed. Call Ginger Travis 
at 919-942-7746 for latest information. An imm. male is at a feeder in 
Castalia, NC just north of Rocky Mount. Call Sharon Funderburk at 
919-853-2716 for details.

Birders on the Outer Banks of NC can look for a ROSS'S GOOSE at North or 
South  Pond at Pea Island NWR, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER at the north end of 
South Pond, and migrants such as VESPER SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 
NASHVILLE WARBLER at the old Coast Guard Station on the south side of Oregon 
Inlet.

Alligator River NWR (NC) has proven to be reliable for LINCOLN'S SPARROWS the 
last couple of years. One was seen 11-13 along Milltail Rd. at the refuge.

Fort Macon near Morehead City, NC also produces interesting migrants, usually 
around the lawn that borders the fort. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS have been seen most recently.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Jeff lewis, Ezra Ellis, Simon Thompson, 
Wayne Forsythe, Howard Costa ,and Will Cook for their calls and reports.


Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com