Carolina RBA September 26 Update

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hotline : Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: September 26, 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 September 26 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert 
featuring birding news from North and South Carolina. Highlights on this 
report include:

MEW GULL
LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULL
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
WARBLING VIREO
PHILADELPHIA VIREO
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
AM.GOLDEN PLOVER
BUFF-BREASTED SDANDPIPER
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD

A 2nd winter MEW GULL was seen  and studied at rest and in flight at Lockwood 
Folly Inlet at Oak Island, NC on 9-23.

Sought -after migrants on Roanoke Island (NC) recently include a CONNECTICUT 
WARBLER and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW  on 9-24, LARK SPARROW and PHILADELPHIA 
VIREO on 9-25, and a WARBLING VIREO on 9-26. The Elizabethan Gardens on 
Roanoke Island are an excellent place to look for migrants. 

A juvenile AM. GOLDEN PLOVER was present on the Fort Fisher Spit 9-25. Seven 
AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen also. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is needed to drive 
out onto this interesting area. Good woodland birding in the area can be 
found at Carolina Beach S.P. where 14 warbler species were seen on the 25th. 
The trails around the NC Aquarium can also be very productive.

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have been reliable at the Orangeburg, SC sod farms 
on US 301 just west of I-26. Always check in at the office when attempting to 
bird such facilities.

A 3rd year LESSER-BLACK BACKED GULL was at Atlantic Beach, NC behind the 
Ramada Inn on 9-21.

A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD  has been coming to a feeder in York, SC. Call Bill 
Hilton at 803-684-5852 to see if it is still present.

Thanks this week to Jeff Lewis, Steve Stiffler, Bruce Smithson, Greg Massey, 
and Bill Hilton for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com