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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.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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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.
June 24, 2004 RBA
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Hello, this is a June 25 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:

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
RED-CROSSBILLS

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS have been reported from both Carolinas recently. In South Carolina, where most sightings are considered to be of wild birds, ducks have been seen at Donnelly WMA for several months and up to 12 birds have been seen at Savannah NWR, most often in pools 1 and 6. In North Carolina, where this species is not yet on the State List, up to 8 birds have been seen at Lake Medcalf in Sunset Beach, NC. There is a free-flying flock of 10 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING -DUCKS at Alligator Adventures in North Myrtle Beach, SC about 20 miles south of Sunset Beach so the origin of these birds is in doubt.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL at South Tibwin Plantation (Charleston County, SC) is still being seen. This property has a parking lot on the east side of US 17 noted by a Forest Service sign.

RED CROSSBILLS should be looked for by birders at the higher elevations in the North Carolina mountains. Flocks of 35-100 birds have been regularly seen at the Shining Rock Wilderness Area (Forest Service Road 816). Another area that has been reliable for this species in the past is the Mount Mitchell State Park area.

Birders in the Croatan NF in eastern NC can look and listen for a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO around Catfish Lake, specifically Forest Service Road 158 on the east side of the lake.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Lin Buckman, Steve Compton, and Mary McDavit for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.
 
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