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MAS Home > Carolina Rare Bird Alert
Carolina Rare Bird Alert
Hello, this is a August 15 , 2008 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring birding news from North and South Caroliina, sponsored by the Carolina Bird Club. Highlights on this report include:

SNOWY PLOVER
REDDISH EGRETS
SWALLOW-TAILED KITES
COMMON EIDER
WOOD STORKS
UPLAND SANDPIPERS

A SNOWY PLOVER has been present at Bear Island (Hammocks Beach State Park) in North Carolina at the east end of the island.

REDDISH EGRETS sightings are increasing in North Carolina but the species is still noteworthy when it occurs. A bird was seen today August 15, 2008 at Carrot Island in the Rachel Carson Reserve just south of Beaufort, NC. On July 31 a bird was present at Lockwood Folly Inlet between Oak Island and Holden Beach, NC.
Two SWALLOW-TAILED KITES have been present near Iron Station, NC in Lincoln County, but have not been reported since August 13. From Hwy. 16 and Hwy. 73 in eastern Lincoln County go a few miles west on 73. Pass Schronce Road on the right, pass a cell tower on the left, a few houses on the left, then scan a large field on the left. There is a fairly wide shoulder off the road for parking.
Inland birders should check out areas in North Carolina where waders congregate in summer for possible WOOD STORKS. Storks have been seen at a couple of locations in Stokes and Forsythe Counties in the piedmont.
A female COMMON EIDER was seen August 5 at New River Inlet at North Topsail beach, NC for a very unusual summer season record.
UPLAND SANDPIPERS have been present at the Super Sod Farms near Orangeburg, SC. This site is the best in the Carolinas for observing the species, and in the coming weeks will likely attract AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, and other potential rarities.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Greg Massey, Tom Crutchfield, Phil Dickinson, Frank Ford, Betty O’Leary, and Jeff Lemon for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
 
Coverage: North and South Carolina
Compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club
Report sightings to: 704-332-2473 or 704-545-2314 or PiephoffT@aol.com
 
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