Hello, this is a September 1 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:

UPLAND SANDPIPERS
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS
WILSON'S PHALAROPES
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL

Sod farm birding has been very productive of late for Carolina birders. Following is a list of sites that have been covered and highlights:

Bucksport Sod Farm, Bucksport, SC : 10 UPLAND SANDPIPERS on 8-25.
SuperSod Farms at Orangeburg, SC : BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and UPLAND SANDPIPERS on 8-28.
Vernon James Center, Roper, NC: 1-2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS on 8-23.
Stedman Sod Farm, Stedman, NC: BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on 8-21, and 6 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on 8-25 and 8-29.

Remember to always check in at farm offices before entering and beginning birding. Some farms are only able to be birded from public roadsides.

Falls Lake in the Triangle area of NC has been very good for inland shorebirding recently. Low water levels have attracted AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, STILT SANDPIPERS, WILSON'S PHALAROPES, RUDDY TURNSTONES, and RED KNOT. On 8-28, twenty species of shorebird were found. Places to view the flats of Falls Lake include north and south of the Cheek Rd. bridge; the end of Olive Grove Road; Will Suitt flats; and north and south of I-85.

Offshore birding out of Charleston, SC on 8-20 produced a BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and 4 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS.

Thanks this week to Nathan Dias, Jack Peachey, Donald Rote, Dave Lenat, Steve Shultz, Steve Compton, and Judy Walker for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from carolinabirds

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