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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

February 9, 2007

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 February 9 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring birding news from North and South Carolina. Highlights on this report include:

WESTERN TANAGER
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
ROSS'S GEESE
CACKLING GEESE
LARK SPARROW
EARED GREBE
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS
COMMON GOLDENEYE

A WESTERN TANAGER is coming to a feeder in northeastern North Carolina in the town of Moyock. Contact Damian Clapper for details at 757-374-2477.

The VERMILION FLYCATCHER in the community of Bettie, NC (Carteret County) is still present along Golden Farm Road. Look along the three ditches along that road.

A LARK SPARROW is being seen periodically at the Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, NC. Locate the flock of chipping sparrows and look for the lark sparrow.

An EARED GREBE has been seen at the jetty at Fort Macon SP near Atlantic beach, NC. Look for PURPLE SANDPIPERS on the jetty rocks.

An adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was in the huge blackbird flock at the Pungo Unit of Pocosin Lakes NWR in North Carolina on Feb. 4. Also present at that location were up to 4 ROSS'S GEESE and a CACKLING GOOSE.

An adult male EURASIAN WIGEON and AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS are still being seen at North Pond at Pea Island NWR in NC.

A female COMMON GOLDENEYE was seen in the causeway pond at Huntington Beach SP in SC on Jan. 29.

WOOD STORKS have been widely reported through the winter in southeastern NC. Storks have been seen recently at Greenfield Lake in Wilmington, NC; and area golf courses around Shallotte, NC.

Thanks this week to John Fussell. Damian Clapper, Lex Glover, Jeff Pippen, Josh Southern, John Haire, Bruce Smithson, and Travis Knowles for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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