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Carolina RBA December 1 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: December 1, 2000
number: 704-332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
coverage: North and South Carolina
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club

Hello, this is a Dec. 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:

GREEN-BREASTED MANGO
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS

The GREEN -BREASTED MANGO in Concord, NC is still coming regularly to 2 
feeders as of Nov. 30. This bird has been seen for about 2 weeks now as it 
visits the feeders every 20 to 30 min. The mango is at the home of Lori 
Turner, who has been especially accomodating to the dozens of birders that 
have visited so far. The neighbor to the right of the Turner home also has a 
feeder up , and the mango will visit it as well. I am not aware of any 
permission from this neighbor to enter her yard. For details on the bird, 
call Lori Turner at 704-786-9474. Her answering machine evidently fills up 
during the day so keep trying if initially unsuccessful in reaching her.

A male VERMILION FLYCATCHER continues at Goldsboro, NC but is becoming harder 
to find. This bird appears to have changed its primary foraging areas, but 
still visits the spot where it was discovered a few times a day. Entering 
Goldsboro from the west on US 70 EAst, take 13-117 South to the Cherry 
Hospital exit. Exit there (Ash St, becoming Stevens Mill Rd.) and go through 
the hospital grounds. Next pass between two prisons. Take the 1st LEFT (dirt 
road)past the prisons and bear right at the fork. There will be a chain-link 
fence on your right. Go to a right curve and notice a double gate with a tree 
beside it. The flycatcher has been seen most often in this area on the fence, 
wires and trees.

The flock of FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCKS at Pea Island NWR in NC has dwindled in 
number; and all birds may have departed by now. 5 and 3 birds were last 
reported on 11-13,14. No reports have been received by this RBA since then.

Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com