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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

March 24 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 March 24 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:

SANDHILL CRANE
KING EIDER
COMMON EIDER
COMMON MERGANSER
BLACK-HEADED GULL
HENSLOW'S SPARROWS

A SANDHILL CRANE has been entertaining birders and non-birders alike in Guilford County, NC near Greensboro. From US 29 go east on Rte 150. Where 150 makes a sharp left and Rte 61 goes off to the right, stay STRAIGHT. Continue for about 5 miles where Busick Quarry Road is on the right. Continue straight, go around a curve, then check the cut-over cornfield just after the curve.

Birders on the Outer Banks should look for COMMON EIDERS , KING EIDER, COMMON MERGANSER, and PURPLE SANDPIPERS at the groin on the south end of Oregon Inlet.

An adult male COMMON EIDER was at the east end of Ocean Isle Beach, NC on March 20.

A first-winter BLACK-HEADED GULL was at the Conway, SC sewage ponds on 3-9. Always check in at the office before birding at that facility.

A LITTLE GULL was seen at Jordan Lake (NC) on 3-12. This time it was seen at the NC Forest Resources Center on Big Woods Rd. Check Bonaparte's gull flocks anywhere on the lake for this bird.

HENSLOW'S SPARROWS were found 3-14 at two locations in the Croatan NF in NC. One bird was at the Millis Rd. Savanna. the other was was in a powerline corridor at the Southwest Pron Flatwoods Natural Area near Havelock, NC.

A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE has already been reported from NC. On March22 a bird was at Fort Fisher south of Wilmington.

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Donald Rote, Jeff Lewis, Jack Peachey, and Bruce Smithson for their calls and reports.

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