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MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING- DUCKS
ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS
ARCTIC TERN
LEACH'S STORM PETREL
DICKCISSEL
An immature MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was seen at the Cedar Island Ferry terminal (NC) on May 16. When last seen the bird was headed NE toward Ocracoke I.
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS have been reported from both Carolinas. In South Carolina, birds have been seen at Donnelly WMA since April. The best place to look is along Ball Bank Rd. In NC this species is not on the Official List, so a report of 5 Black-bellied whistling ducks in Tyrell County on along US 64 on May 17 is very interesting.
A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was at South Tibwin, south of McClellanville, SC on May 14. In NC, a ROSEATE SPOONBILL was seen May 19 at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Pond on the Outer Banks.
Offshore birding in SC May 21 off Charleston produced an ARCTIC TERN, BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, LEACH'S STORM PETREL and PARASITIC JAEGER. for information on pelagic birding in SC, contact Nathan Dias.
A male DICKCISSEL was at the Alligator River NWR farm fields on May 14.
A male CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found at Jackson Park in Hendersonville, NC on May 14 but has since moved on.
Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, John Fussell, Wayne Forsythe, and Susan Ellermann for their calls and reports.