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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.
January 9, 2004 RBA
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Hello, this is a January 9 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:

GRAY FLYCATCHER
BLACK-HEADED GULL
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK
EURASIAN WIGEON
SNOW BUNTINGS
LAPLAND LONGSPURS
GLAUCOUS GULL
GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE
ROSS'GEESE
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS
WESTERN TANAGER
COMMON EIDERS
COMMON MERGANSERS
SANDHILL CRANE

The GRAY FLYCATCHER just west of Jordan Lake in NC is still being seen as of 1-8. One quarter mile west of the Haw River on US 64 turn south onto Foxfire Trace, go .5 miles and turn left onto Dee Farrell Rd. At the the T intersection turn right onto Hanks Chapel Rd. Go .1 miles to a left on Hanks Loop Rd. Hanks Chapel Christian Church is .15 down this road. Scan the fenced pasture from the adjacent cemetery. The bird is seen in the low weedy patches in the field.

An imm. BLACK-HEADED GULL is being seen at the Conway, SC sewage treatment plant ponds. From Conway, SC go south on US 701. Go about 1 mile to a left on Creel Rd. The facility is at the intersection of Creel and New Rds. Be sure to check in at the office before beginning to bird.

After checking for the Black-headed gull, check nearby Lake Busbee for a 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL. The lake is off US 501 just southeast of Conway, SC. Park on the Conway side of the lake on a turn-off that runs under an overpass. A walk of a 1/2 mile or so is required to reach the gull flock on the lake.

Good birds on the northern part of Bull's Island , SC on 1-4 were FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, 14 SNOW BUNTINGS, 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS.

Good birds on the Lake Mattamuskeet, NC CBC included BARNACLE GOOSE, ROSS' GEESE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on the east end impoundments; 7 BREWERS BLACKBIRDS along Rattlesnake Canyon Rd. between Nebraska and White Plains Rds.; and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD along North Lake Rd.

A KING EIDER is being seen at the Garden City, SC pier.

COMMON EIDERS can be found at the Little River jetty (SC, accessible from Sunset Beach, NC), the east end of Ocean Isle Beach around the rock piles visible at low tide; and Atlantic Beach, NC at the Triple S pier.

COMMON MERGANSERS can be seen at Lake Phelps in Pettigrew State Park in NC. A scope is needed for best viewing since the birds are often in the center of the lake.

A adult male WESTERN TANAGER is coming to feeder in Charlotte, NC. Call Mary Buckle for details at 704-391-5038.

A SANDHILL CRANE was reported from Greenville, SC on 12-28 from a backyard.

Thanks this week to Larry Holland, Donald Rote, Nathan Dias, John Fussell, Ben Treen, for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
 
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