Hello, this is a May 3 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:

GRAY KINGBIRD
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
UPLAND SANDPIPERS
HENSLOW'S SPARROW

Two GRAY KINGBIRDS were seen May 2 at the north end of Folly Beach, SC. Look around 1712 N. Ashley for these birds.

AMERICANA WHITE PELICANS are being reported with more frequency in both Carolinas. On April 28 a flock of birds was at the Santee Coastal Reserve in SC. Up to thirteen pelicans were at the same location on April 8. In NC, ten AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS stopped off at Falls Lake on April 13.

Other interesting birds at the Santee Coastal Reserve on April 28 included two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS, and COMMON GROUND-DOVE.

A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen in Granville County, NC near Oxford on May 1. The bird was over I-85 near exit 202.

A female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was at a feeder in Manteo, NC on April 13. The bird was not reported after that date.

Up to five UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen April 19 at the Hooper Lane and Jeffress Road intersection in Hendersonville, NC.

A HENSLOW'S SPARROW was found in Carteret County, NC on April 28. For details on how to look for this bird, contact John Fussell at jfuss@clis.com

Thanks this week to John Fussell, Nathan Dias, Wayne Forsythe, Ken Allen, Mark McDermott, Jonathan Baker, Skip Morgan and Jeff Lewis for their calls and reports. Some of this information was gleaned from Carolinabirds.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com

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