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Laridae – Gulls and Terns; Stercorariidae – Jaegers

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Gulls

Mystery Gull - 1 Mar 2008 - Raleigh, NC - Derb Carter
Mystery Gull - 29 Feb 2008 - Raleigh, NC - Ricky Davis
Mystery Gull - 27 Feb 2008 - Kill Devil Hills, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black-legged Kittiwake - 21 Nov 2011 - Onslow County, NC - Gilbert Grant
Black-legged Kittiwake - 13 Nov 2010 - Bodie Island lighthouse pond, NC - Kent Fiala
Black-legged Kittiwake - off Virginia Beach, VA - Brian Patteson
Sabine's Gull - 4 Sept 2011 - pelagic out of Wanchese, NC - Michael McCloy
Sabine's Gull - 4 Sept 2011 - pelagic out of Wanchese, NC - Jeff Lewis
Sabine's Gull - 12 Sep 2008 - Lake Norman, NC - David Wright
Sabine's Gull - 10 and 14 Sep 2006, Transylvania Co., NC - Wayne Forsythe and Jeff Catlin
Sabine's Gull - Lake Hickory, NC - October 7, 2003 - Dwayne Martin
Sabine's Gull - Winston-Salem, NC - October 5, 1976 - Wayne Irvin
Bonaparte's Gull - 13 and 14 Jan 2012 - Conway and Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Ron Clark
Bonaparte's Gull - 15 Jan 2012 - Fort Fisher, NC - Jeff Waldyke
Bonaparte's Gull - 29 Dec 2011 - Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, NC - James Meehan
Bonaparte's Gull - 25 Feb 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Steve Kilpatrick
Bonaparte's Gull - 8 Mar 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Bonaparte's Gull - 20 Dec 2009 - Pea Island, NC - Jeff Lewis
Bonaparte's Gull - 8 Jan 2009 - Catawba County, NC - Ron Underwood
Bonaparte's Gull - 31 Dec 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Cathy Miller
Bonaparte's Gull - 31 Jan 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Don Faulkner
Bonaparte's Gull - Oregon Inlet, Dare Co., NC - 29 Dec 2004 and 1 Jan 2005 - Jeff Lewis
Black-headed Gull - 8 Jan 2012 - Pineville, NC - Ron Clark
Black-headed Gull - 25 Aug 2011 - Savannah Spoil Site, Jasper County, SC - Steve Calver
Black-headed Gull - 8 Dec 2011 - Pineville, NC - Tom Sanders
Black-headed Gull - 3 March 2011 - Cape Point, NC - Eric Frey
Black-headed Gull - 9 Dec 2010 - Falls Lake State Recreation Area, NC - Brian Bockhahn
Black-headed Gull - 8 Feb 2009 - Kill Devil Hills, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black-headed Gull - 9 Feb 2008 - Mattamuskeet NWR, NC - John Ennis
Black-headed Gull - 12 or 13 Jan 2008 - Mattamuskeet NWR, NC - David Disher
Black-headed Gull - 29 Dec 2007 - Mattamuskeet NWR, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black-headed Gull - 22 Feb 2007 - Mattamuskeet NWR, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black-headed Gull - 17 Feb 2007 - Mattamuskeet NWR, NC - Curtis Dykstra
Black-headed Gull - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC - January 25, 2002 - Steven Shultz
Little Gull - 28 Jan 2011 - off Hatteras, NC - Jeff Lewis
Little Gull - 14 Feb 2004 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Laughing Gull - 31 Jan 2012 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - John Ennis
Laughing Gull - 1 May 2011 - Ft Fisher Ferry, NC - John Ennis
Laughing Gull - 10 Apr 2010 - Folly Beach, SC - Cathy Miller
Laughing Gull - 5–6 Apr 2010 - Surfside Beach, SC - Zeno Windley
Laughing Gull - 2 May 2009 - Fort Fisher, NC - Ali Iyoob
Laughing Gull - 20 Sep 2008 - Cape Hatteras, NC - Kent Fiala
Laughing Gull - 2 May 2008 - Hunting Island, SC - Don Faulkner
Laughing Gull - 20 May 2007 - Fort Fisher State Park, NC - Michael Ayers
Laughing Gull - 19 Aug 2007 - Kiawah Island, SC - Catherine Miller
Laughing Gull - 12 Aug 2006, Henderson Co., NC - Wayne Forsythe
Franklin's Gull - 22 Nov 2011 - Savannah Spoil Site, Jasper County, SC - Steve Calver
Franklin's Gull - 4 Nov 2006 - Jordan Lake, NC - Ricky Davis
Franklin's Gull - 26 June 2006 - Henderson Co., NC - Wayne Forsythe
Franklin's Gull - 14 December 2005 - Dare Co., NC - Jeff Lewis
Black-tailed Gull - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA - February 25, 1999 - David Disher
Mew (Common) Gull - 24 Jan 2009 - Cape Point, NC - Brian Patteson
first-winter Ring-billed Gull - 29 Jan 2012 - Wilmington, NC - Robert Etheridge
Ring-billed Gull - 10 Feb 2011 - Garden City, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Ring-billed Gull - 17 Jan 2011 - Folly Beach Pier, SC - Cathy Miller
Ring-billed Gull - 3 Feb 2008 - Yawkey, SC - Teri Lynn Herbert
Ring-billed Gull - 1 Dec 2007 - Buncombe County, NC - Jon Smith
California Gull - 27 Jan 2010 - pelagic trip off Hatteras, NC - Don Faulkner
California Gull - 5 Jan 2010 - Horry County, SC - Chris Hill
California Gull - 5 Mar 2006 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Herring Gull - March 2008 - Columbia, SC - Sparkle Clark
Thayer's Gull - 18 Dec 2011 - Mecklenburg County, NC - Chris Talkington
Thayer's Gull - 14 Feb 2004 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Iceland Gull - 15 Apr 2011 - Surf City, NC - Doug Johnston
Iceland Gull - 15 March 2011 - Cape Point, NC - Eric Frey
Iceland Gull - 31 Dec 2010 - Myrtle Beach, SC - Celia Dean
Iceland Gull - 27 Jan 2010 - pelagic trip off Hatteras, NC - Don Faulkner
Iceland Gull - 9 Jan 2009 - Conway, SC - Paul Nolan
Iceland Gull - 17 Feb 2006 - Raleigh, NC - Clyde Sorenson
Iceland Gull - 3-4 Feb 2006 - CBBT - Kent Fiala, Steve Shultz, Bob Wood
Iceland Gull - Cedar Island-Ocracoke Ferry, NC - April 28, 2002 - Dr. Helmut Mueller
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 29 Jan 2011 - Nags Head Beach, NC - Dwayne Martin
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 28 Sep 2008 - Oak Island, NC - John Ennis
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Mar 2008 - Hatteras, NC - Becky Yost
Lesser Black-backed Gulls - 23 Apr 2006 - Dare Co., NC - Jeff Lewis
Lesser Black-backed Gull and Dickcissel - Fort Macon, NC - 18 October 2004 - Randy Newman
Glaucous Gull - 5 Apr 2012 - Onslow County, NC - Gilbert Grant
hybrid gull - 20 March 2011 - Buxton, NC - Eric Frey
Glaucous Gull - 29 Jan 2009 - Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis
Glaucous Gull - 26 Jan 2009 - Cape Point, NC - Chris Newton
Glaucous Gull - 21 Dec 2008 - Pea Island, NC - Jeff Lewis
Glaucous Gull - 9 Feb 2008 - Jacksonville, NC - Andy Webb
Glaucous Gull - 27 Dec 2007 - Bull Island, SC - Stephen Thomas
Great Black-backed Gull - 29 Jan 2010 - Harkers Island, NC - Teri Lynn Herbert
Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Dec 2009 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Sept 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Great Black-backed Gull - 17 July 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Sara Gilbert
Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Jan 2008 - Edisto Beach, SC - Steve Kilpatrick
Great Black-backed Gull - 19 Aug 2007 - Kiawah Island, SC - Catherine Miller
Great Black-backed Gull - 27 Oct 2006 - Sunset Beach, NC - Jo O'Keefe

Terns and Skimmers

Brown Noddy - 9 Aug 2003 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Sooty Tern - 30 Sept 2010 - Carteret County, NC - Claire Aubel
Sooty Tern - 2 Aug 2008 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Bridled Tern - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Least Tern - 8 May 2012 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Least Tern - 18 June 2011 - Kiawah Island, SC - Carl Miller
Least Tern - 1–2 July 2011 - Masonboro Inlet, Wrightsville Beach, NC - John Ennis
Least Tern - 15 June 2011 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - Donald Mullaney
Least Tern - 15 May 2011 - Wrightsville, NC - John Ennis
Least Tern - 20 Apr 2011 - Kiawah Island, SC - Cathy Miller
Least Tern - 13 Apr 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
juvenile Least Tern - 22 Aug 2009 - Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis
juvenile Least Tern - 30 July 2009 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - Ron Underwood
Least Tern - 8 June 2009 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Least Tern - 25 July 2008 - Botany Bay WMA, SC - Steve Kilpatrick
Juvenile Least Tern - 30 July 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Least Tern - 19 May 2007 - Fort Fisher State Park, NC - Michael Ayers
Gull-billed Tern - on 20 Apr 2012 - at Kiawah Island, SC - Michael Bernard
Gull-billed Tern - 12 Aug 2011 - Ocracoke island, NC - James Meehan
Gull-billed Tern - 10 Aug 2010 - Folly Beach, SC - Cathy Miller
Gull-billed Tern - 19 May 2007 - Shackleford Banks, NC - Michael McCloy
Caspian Tern - 16 Aug 2011 - Pea Island, NC - Jeff Lewis
Caspian and Royal Terns - 28 Sep 2008 - Oak Island, NC - John Ennis
Caspian Tern - 12 April 2008 - Columbia, SC - Jerry Bright
Black Tern - 18 Aug 2011 - Rachel Carson National Estuarine Reserve, Beaufort, NC - Scott Winton
Black Tern - 27 Aug 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Black Tern - 29 July 2010 - Bald Head Island, NC - John Ennis
Black Tern - 31 Aug 2009 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Black Tern - 24 Aug 2008 - Kiawah Island, SC - Cathy Miller
Black Tern - 17 July 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Sara Gilbert
Roseate Tern - 13 May 2006 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Common Tern - 8 May 2010 - Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis
Common Tern - 1 Sep 2006 and 3 Aug 2008 - Bodie Island and Southern Shores, NC - Jeff Lewis
Arctic Tern - 27 May 2007 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Arctic Tern - 28 May 2007 - Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis
Forster's Tern - 23 March 2012 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Liz Odum
Forster's Tern - 21 Apr 2010 - Forsyth County, NC - John Haire
Forster's Tern - 4 Jan 2010 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Steve Kilpatrick
Forster's Tern - 29 Dec 2009 - Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, NC - Jeff Lewis
Forster's Tern - 3 Dec 2009 - Murrells Inlet, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Forster's Tern - 12 Aug 2009 - Iredell County, NC - David Wright
Forster's Tern - Charles Tysinger
Forster's Tern - 8 Dec 2008 - Litchfield Beach, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Forster's Tern - 1 Feb 2008 - Hobcaw Barony, SC - Cathy Miller
Forster's Terns - 4 Oct 2007 - Surfside Beach, SC - Zeno Windley
Forster's Terns (with Sandwich Terns) - 4 Oct 2007 - Surfside Beach, SC - Zeno Windley
Forster's Tern - 16 Apr 2007 - Nags Head, NC - Jeff Lewis
Royal Tern - 14 July 2011 - South Pelican Island , NC - John Ennis
Royal Tern - 24 Sept 2010 - Belhaven , NC - Ellen Sutliff
Lesser Black-backed Gull with Royal Terns - 28 Sep 2008 - Oak Island, NC - John Ennis
Caspian and Royal Terns - 28 Sep 2008 - Oak Island, NC - John Ennis
Royal Tern - 2–3 May 2008 - Hunting Island, SC - Don Faulkner
Royal Terns (with Black Skimmers) - 14 Oct 2007 - Oak Island, NC - John Ennis
Royal Terns - 19 Aug 2007 - Kiawah Island, SC - Catherine Miller
Royal Terns - Holden Beach, NC - 19 Oct 2004 - Scott Walker
Sandwich Tern - 25 Aug 2011 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Sandwich Tern - 6 Aug 2011 - Patriot's Point in Mt. Pleasant, SC - Carl Miller
Sandwich Tern - 14 July 2011 - South Pelican Island, NC - John Ennis
Black Skimmer, Sandwich Terns - 4 Oct 2009 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Cathy Miller
Sandwich Terns - 4 Oct 2007 - Surfside Beach, SC - Zeno Windley
Sandwich Tern - 20 May 2007 - Fort Fisher State Park, NC - Michael Ayers
Black Skimmer - 20 Apr 2012 - Kiawah Island, SC - Michael Bernard
Black Skimmer - 14 Jan 2012 - Oak Island West End, NC - John Ennis
Black Skimmer - 1 July 2011 - Masonboro Inlet, Wrightsville Beach, NC - John Ennis
Black Skimmer - 25 June 2011 - Pea Island, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black Skimmer - 20 Apr 2011 - Kiawah Island, SC - Cathy Miller
Black Skimmers and Red Knots - 20 Apr 2011 - Kiawah Island, SC - Cathy Miller
Black Skimmer - 26 March 2011 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - Charlie English
Black Skimmer - 25 Aug 2010 - Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black Skimmer - 15 Aug 2010 - Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black Skimmer - 13 Aug 2010 - Masonboro Inlet, NC - Donald Mullaney
Black Skimmer - 18 June 2010 - Wrightsville Beach, NC - Charlie English
Black Skimmer - 25 Oct 2009 - Kiawah Island, SC - Cathy Miller
Black Skimmer, Sandwich Terns - 4 Oct 2009 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Cathy Miller
Black Skimmer - 22 Aug 2009 - Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black Skimmer - 13 Oct 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Black Skimmer - 6 Sep 2008 - Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis
Black Skimmer - 23 Aug 2008 - Huntington Beach State Park, SC - Jerry Kerschner
Black Skimmers - 14 Oct 2007 - Oak Island, NC - John Ennis
Black Skimmer - 19 Aug 2007 - Kiawah Island, SC - Catherine Miller
Black Skimmer - 17 Jan 2007 - Edisto Island, SC - Jo O'Keefe
Black Skimmers - 3 Feb 2006 - Edisto Beach, SC - Steve Kilpatrick

Jaegers

Great Skua - 2002 - off Virginia Beach, VA - Brian Patteson
South Polar Skua - 24 May 2007 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Pomarine Jaeger - 22 May 2010 - Hatteras, NC - Nathan Swick
Pomarine Jaeger - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Parasitic Jaeger - 28 May 2008 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Parasitic Jaeger - 25 July 2008 - Hammocks Beach State Park, NC - John Haire
Parasitic Jaeger - 19 May 2007 - Shackleford Banks, NC - Michael McCloy
Long-tailed Jaeger - 12 June 2005 - off Cape Hatteras, NC - Brian Patteson
Long-tailed Jaeger - 28 May 2008 - out of Oregon Inlet, NC - Jeff Lewis

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