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Carolina RBA Sept 25 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: September 25, 2003
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 September 25 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:

SABINE'S GULL
ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
LARK SPARROWS
WESTERN KINGBIRD
GRAY KINGBIRD
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER


A juvenile SABINE'S GULL was seen today 9-25 at Lake Norman north of 
Charlotte, NC. From exit 28 at I-77, turn west off the exit ramp and then soon after 
take a right turn onto Torrence Chapel Rd. Go all the way to the end and past a 
sign saying" Private Driveway". Look closely for a driveway with a cable 
across it . This is a utility right-of -way to a pump station for the town of 
Davidson, NC. Park at the cable and and walk a few yards to a long concrete pier 
with pumps at the end. From shore scope the lake. The gull was sticking close 
to 2 Ring-billed gulls.

Two ROSEATE SPOONBILLS continue to be seen at Sunset Beach, NC. Look at the 
west lake of the twin lakes on Hwy. 179 between the Sunset Beach bridge and 
Oyster Bay Golf Course. These birds were last reported 9-24-03.

Three LARK SPARROWS were seen at Battery Buchanan at Fort Fisher (NC) on 
9-24. The sparrows were feeding on grass seeds around the rocks and flying to two 
lone cedar trees at the Battery.

The Carolina Bird Club's fall meeting at Hickory, NC Sept. 19-21 produced 
good numbers and variety of migrants including WESTERN KINGBIRD and 
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER. Both of these birds were not relocated the following day after 
discovery.

Two GRAY KINGBIRDS were seen at the Fort Fisher aquarium on 9-12 but have not 
been reported since then. They were located along a short paved trail at the 
rear of the aquarium parking lot.

Thanks this week to Jeff Lewis, Harrol Blevins, Joe Gagliano, Mary McDavit 
and Bruce Smithson for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com