Hello, this is a February 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:

COMMON MURRE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
KING EIDER
COMMON EIDER
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
RAZORBILLS
RED-NECKED GREBE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EARED GREBE
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
LINCOLN'S SPARROW

A COMMON MURRE was reported to be on the ocean at Rodanthe, NC on Feb. 22.

Other Outer Banks birds to look for are numerous RAZORBILLS anywhere on the ocean; COMMON EIDER at the jetty on the south side of Oregon Inlet; RED-NECKED GREBE, EARED GREBES, SNOW BUNTINGS at the Salt Pond at Cape Point; and EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE and WHITE-WINGED DOVES on Loop Rd. near the Ocracoke Lighthouse.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL is still being seen at Lake Mattamuskeet at the northern-most culvert on the causeway. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen recently at the Lake Landing area.

At Huntington Beach State Park in SC look for THICK-BILLED MURRE, COMMON EIDER, RED-NECKED GREBE, and occasional DOVEKIES from the northern beach access to the jetty. A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was seen from the boardwalk at the back of the causeway pond on 2-18.

An imm male KING EIDER continues to be seen easily at the Folly Beach, SC pier.

Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were seen at Savannah NWR on the 1st pond on the left after the main entrance on 2-20.

A LITTLE GULL is being reported sporadically from Jordan Lake in NC. Last reports were from Ebenezer Point on 2-19. Look through flocks of Bonapartes gulls for this bird.

Thanks this week to Jeff Lewis, Kathy and Grant Greider, Peter Vankevich, Scott Baron, Elisa Enders, Curtis Smalling, and Anne Waters for their calls and reports.

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