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Carolina RBA December 4 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: December 4,2002
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 4 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:

CAVE SWALLOWS
VARIED THRUSH
GOLDEN EAGLE
COMMON BLACK-HEADED GULL
AM. WHITE PELICANS
KING EIDER

Birders in coastal areas of North and South Carolina ,especially the 
Brunswick County NC beaches of Holden, Ocean Isle, and Sunset, should check 
flocks of swallows for CAVE SWALLOWS. Large numbers of these swallows were 
seen Nov. 28- Dec. 1 at these 3 beaches. Counts of more than a dozen were had 
at several locations. CAVE SWALLOWS were also reported from Charleston 
County, SC at Caw Caw Park, and from the Morehead City area of NC.

A VARIED THRUSH was seen on James Is., SC on 11-30 but has not been 
relocated. Call Dennis Forsythe at 843-795-3996 for more information.

One or two imm. GOLDEN EAGLES have been seen in Brunswick County, NC; most 
recently on 11-28 near Shallotte. A golden has been seen near Southport, NC 
on a couple of occasions.

An imm. COMMON BLACK-HEADED GULL has been frequenting the north end of the 
causeway at Lake Mattamuskeet.

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS can be seen in NC at the Lake Mattamuskeet causeway 
(1-3) birds, and Pea Island NWR on the Outer Banks (10-15) birds.

A female plumaged KING EIDER was seen 12-3 just north of Fort Fisher in NC. 
Look in the ocean about 1/4 mile north of the Fort Fisher Historic site on US 
421.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Dennis Forsythe, Derb Carter, Jeff Lewis, 
Bruce Smithson, and Wayne Forsythe for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com