Hello, this is a September 15 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 SPOONBILLS
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
REDDISH EGRETS

ROSEATE SPOONBILLS can be seen at 2 sites in North Carolina, where they are much rarer than South Carolina. One bird has been present at Sunset Beach, NC for a couple of months. Look through the WOOD STORKS at the Twin Lakes along Hwy. 179 between Sunset Beach and Calabash, NC. A second bird can be seen far inland at Lake Twitty, just east of Monroe, NC in Union County. For details on the status of this bird, contact Donna Helms at Rdelhelms@aol.com. Large groups of ROSEATE SPOONBILLS have also been reported from Bear Island WMA, Cape Romain NWR, and the Hilton Head area, all in South Carolina this summer.

An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen Sept. 14 at Julian Price Park in western NC. Look around the restrooms at the end of the trail. The bird was perched on some dead snags in that area.

Up to two REDDISH EGRETS have been seen on the south end of Ocracoke Island, NC, most recently on Sept. 11. Another REDDISH EGRET has been reliable at the east end of Sunset Beach, NC for most of the summer.

Thanks this week to Jill Froning, Jeff Lewis, Marvin Bouknight, Don Seriff, Donna Helms, and Judy Walker for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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