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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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

August 5, 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 an August 5 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:

ROSEATE SPOONBILL
WHITE-WINGED DOVES
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS
UPLAND SANDPIPERS

A ROSEATE SPOONBILL has been seen sporadically in the marshes behind Ocean Isle Beach, NC. Best bet is to search the marshes from the island side at falling or low tide.

A rash of WHITE-WINGED DOVE sightings occurred in both Carolinas in late July. On 7-27 a bird was at the north parking lot at Huntington Beach State Park in SC. On July 28, doves were at Ocracoke Island, NC and well inland in Chatham County, NC. None of these birds remained for birders to relocate them.

LONG-BILLED CURLEWS can be found at Cape Romain NWR in SC. Three birds were at Key Inlet on July 21. This is a traditional wintering spot for the species in South Carolina.

Offshore birding news from SC includes the sightings of a MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, 1 BAND-RUMPED STORM -PETREL, 2 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS off Charleston on July 15.

UPLAND SANDPIPERS are moving through the Carolinas right now. Birds have been seen at the sod farms in Orangeburg, SC and the Wilmington, NC airport.

Thanks this week to Nathan Dias and Lou Skrabec for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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