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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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Carolina Bird Club
Rare Bird Alert

February 4, 2005

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

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Hello, this is a Feb. 4 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:

COMMON MURRE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
DOVEKIE
RAZORBILL
RED-NECKED GREBE
KING EIDER
COMMON EIDER
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS

Huntington Beach State Park in SC is the best birding spot in the Carolinas right now. From the south jetty at the north end of the park or on the ocean south of the jetty look for COMMON MURRE ( seen infrequently through January, most recently Jan. 30); THICK-BILLED MURRES( one to two birds very dependable); DOVEKIE ( seen Jan. 30, 31 ); RAZORBILLS ( multiple birds through January); RED-NECKED GREBES ( two birds on the ocean since 1-22); COMMON EIDER( seen throughout January).

Further south a KING EIDER is still present at the Folly Beach Municipal Pier at Folly Beach, SC.

In NC around Atlantic Beach, check the jetty at Fort Macon SP for THICK-BILLED MURRE, RAZORBILLS, and PURPLE SANDPIPERS. A 1st winter ICELAND GULL was seen 1-29, 30 from the bath house observation deck at Fort Macon, and a RED-NECKED GREBE was present at Bogue Inlet Pier on 1-29. The Sheraton Hotel pier has produced sightings of DOVEKIE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, and RAZORBILL.

An AM. TREE SPARROW was at the south end of Oregon Inlet in the short grass on 1-30, 31. Also at Oregon Inlet, check the groin rocks for COMMON EIDERS and PURPLE SANDPIPERS.

LINCOLN'S SPARROWS are present on the north side of Lake Phelps in NC. On 1-20 three birds were along State Road 1183 (Shore Drive) and the trail from the Cypress Point Access restrooms to Moccasin Point. More are certainly in the area.

Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, John Fussell, Jeff Lewis, Donald Rote, Mary Alice Koeneke, and Wayne McBride for their calls and reports.

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