Hello, this is an August 19 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:

LIMPKIN
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
MASKED BOOBY
BROWN NODDY
BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS
UPLAND SANDPIPER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER

A LIMPKIN is being seen in Lancaster County in the piedmont of SC. The bird is a bit difficult to get to as it is along Cane Creek, a tributary of the Catawba River where access is available only by kayak. Best bet to see the bird if you don't have a kayak is to call Carolina Paddling Adventures at 803-286-8886. At least 3 efforts to relocate the bird have been successful.

Offshore birds from the Carolinas recently include a WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL on 8-14, and a MASKED BOOBY on 8-13; both out of Oregon Inlet, NC. A trip out of Charleston, SC on 8-13 found a BROWN NODDY, and 23 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS.

Good inland shorebirding can be found at Falls Lake in NC. On 8-13 seventeen species were found including MARBLED GODWIT, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. Most of the birds were found just north and south of I-85 over the lake.

An OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen 8-17 at Cowan's Ford Refuge in Mecklenburg County, NC. The bird was not relocated on 8-18, but interested birders can check the half-dead oak at the parking area at the end of the entrance road.

UPLAND SANDPIPERS can be found at sod farms in both Carolinas right now. On 8-1 a bird was at the Stedman Sod Farm in the NC triangle area. In SC, look at the Orangeburg Super-Sod farms just off I-26. Be sure to check in at the offices of any farms you are planning to bird.

Thanks this week to John Bonestell, Nathan Dias, Brian Patteson for their reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

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