suggestions for a visiting birder?

[Katrina Knight <kknight@epix.net>]

Hello,
I'm going to be taking my little sister to visit Catawba College in 
Salisbury, NC on Friday and Saturday. I'd like suggestions on good 
places to bird (and maybe someone to bird with) while she's there. I 
need to drop her off at noon on Friday and pick her up in mid-afternoon 
on Saturday. Where should I go? Last year when I took her there for a 
short visit I wandered around Catawba's property, which was 
interesting, but not good for more than a few hours. I'd love to go see 
the Black-chinned Hummingbird and Cinnamin Teal at Sunset Beach, but 
that looks like it is too long a drive. Where can I go that is within 
about 3 hours of Salisbury where I can do a little birding Friday 
afternoon and then some more Saturday morning? I'd prefer a place where 
I can see birds I don't usually get to see in Pennsylvania. The other 
requirement is that there has to be an inexpensive motel within a 
reasonable distance, since sleeping in the car is probably not the 
greatest idea in the world. :) The only part of North Carolina I'm at 
all familiar with is the region along the Blue Ridge Parkway and South 
Carolina I'm not familiar with at all, so any suggestions would be 
helpful. Are there any field trips anywhere reasonable that I could 
join Saturday morning? Anybody who'd like to play local guide? Would 
the Carolina Sandhills NWR be a worthwhile destination at this time of 
year?

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Katrina Knight
kknight@epix.net
Reading, PA