Hello, this is an October 22 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:

VERMILION FLYCATCHER
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
REDDISH EGRETS
LONG-BILLED CURLEW
NORTHERN GOSHAWK

An immature male VERMILION FLYCATCHER was found at Santee NWR in South Carolina on Oct. 16. The bird was seen through Oct. 18 but has not been reported since that date. Interested birders should go to the Bluff Unit of the refuge and walk down the middle service road that bisects the unit. After .5 miles look for the marker B-12 on the right side of the road. The bird was seen in the lone willow about 15' from the sign.

Fourteen AM. WHITE PELICANS were at Pea Island NWR (NC) on Oct. 21.

LONG-BILLED CURLEWS have been dependable at Shackleford Banks at Cape Lookout, NC. On Oct. 18 three curlews were on the north side of the banks from the east end westward to halfway down the island. On Oct. 10, two curlews were at Bottle Run Point on the north side of the island. REDDISH EGRETS were seen at those locations on the same dates.

A juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK put in a brief appearance in a yard in Beaufort, NC on Oct. 12.

Two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS are still being seen at Beaufort Inlet, Fort Macon State Park at Atlantic Beach, NC.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Kay McCutcheon, Randy Newman, and Jeff Lewis for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

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