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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

June 9, 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 June 9 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:

EUROPEAN STORM-PETRELS
BROWN NODDY
ARCTIC TERNS
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL
BERMUDA PETRELS
FEA'S PETRELS
HERALD PETRELS
BROWN BOOBY
BURROWING OWL
BRANT

Offshore birding has been exciting off both Carolinas' coasts for the last couple of weeks. On May 30, 31, and on June 4th and 5th EUROPEAN STORM-PETRELS were found out of Hatteras and Oregon Inlet, NC. There is only one accepted record of the species for North America prior to these multiple sightings. Other species seen off the Outer Banks include BERMUDA PETRELS (3 trips), HERALD PETRELS, FEA'S PETRELS, and BAND-RUMPED STORM -PETRELS.

In South Carolina, an offshore trip out of Charleston on May 28 produced a BROWN NODDY, 4 ARCTIC TERNS, 2 BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, 2 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, and 5 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS.

A BROWN BOOBY has been seen several times around Oregon Inlet in NC.

A few BRANT may still be found from the Cedar Island -Ocracoke Ferry. On May 19 four birds were seen near Ocracoke.

Amazing was the appearance of a BURROWING OWL in Asheville, NC on May 28. The bird was seen at the Books-A-Million store on Tunnel Rd., and had apparently been present for a couple of weeks before local birders were made aware. Unfortunately the bird has not been seen since the 28th of May.

Thanks this week to Wilton Lewis, Nathan Dias, Jeff Sewell for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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