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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

The Club meets each winter, spring, and fall at different locations in the Carolinas. Meeting sites are selected to give participants an opportunity to see many different kinds of birds. Guided field trips and informative programs are combined for an exciting weekend of meeting with people who share an enthusiasm and concern for birds.

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To report a rare bird sighting in North or South Carolina, call Taylor Piephoff at 704-332-2473 and leave a message.

You can also e-mail Taylor at PiephoffT@aol.com.
November 14, 2003 RBA
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Hello, this is a Nov. 14 update of the Carolina Rare Bird alert featuring birding news from North and South Carolina sponsored by the Carolina Bird Club. Highlights on this report include:

LONG-TAILED JAEGER
PARASITIC JAEGER
LAPLAND LONGSPURS
COMMON EIDER
WHIMBREL (EUROPEAN)
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS
AM. GOLDEN PLOVER
ROSS' GEESE
BARNACLE GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

A LONG-TAILED JAEGER was seen 11-8 from the jetty at Huntington Beach State Park in SC. 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen. At the base of the jetty, 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were present. This area at the base of the jetty has hosted longspurs in the past and is always worth checking in fall and winter.

On 11-12, a female COMM0N EIDER was seen at Bogue Inlet near Swansboro, NC. A WHIMBREL of the European race was also seen at close range at the inlet.

Up to 3 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS were present 11-12 on the sound side of the Shackleford Banks, near Morehead City, NC. For a chance to see this species at this generally inaccessible area call Dennis Chadwick at 252-728-2330. Also present on the sound side was an AM. GOLDEN PLOVER in a flock of Black-bellied plovers.

A single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE is being seen at the pond in front of the Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter on NC 24 west of Morehead City, NC.

The large snow goose flock at Waupoppin Canal at Lake Mattamuskeet (NC) includes at least 4 ROSS' GEESE and a single BARNACLE GOOSE. The origin of Barnacle geese occuring in NC is questionable given the large numbers of this species kept in captivity.

A EURASIAN WIGEON drake has been present at North Pond at Pea I. NWR (NC) since at least 11-3.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen 11-8 at the north dike of North Pond but has not been reported since.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Dennis Chadwick, and Willem-Jan Hooijmans for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
 
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