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Carolina RBA Jan. 26 Update



hotline: Carolina Rare Bird Alert
date: January 26, 2001
number: 704- 332-2473
to report: 704-332-2473 or 704-532-6336 or PiephoffT@aol.com
compiler: Taylor Piephoff for the Carolina Bird Club.

Hello, this is a January 26 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:

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
CINNAMON TEAL
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD
PURPLE SANDPIPERS
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS
GLAUCOUS GULL

Up to 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE are being seen at Santee NWR in Clarendon 
County, SC.

A male CINNAMON TEAL and imm. male BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINBIRD are still being 
seen at Sunset Beach, NC. Sometimes both of these birds can be seen from the 
same spot ! For details call Mary McDavit at 910-579-2446.

PURPLE SANDPIPERS are reliable at just a few spots in NC. On 1-17 eleven 
birds were seen at the Fort Macon bathhouse jetty. These birds may be most 
reliable at low tides during the morning at the jetty.

A 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL was at Cape Hatteras Point on 1-22.

Alligator River NWR is a good spot to look for LINCOLN'S SPARROWS in NC. From 
US 64 at the refuge, turn onto Milltail RD. and proceed about 2 miles to Long 
Curve Rd. Turn left onto Long Curve. Birds have been seen at this 
intersection; .6 miles further down Long Curve; .8 miles; and 2.2 miles.

Thanks this week Lex Glover, Glenn Smith, John Fussell, Keith Watson, Jeff 
Lewis for their calls and reports.

Taylor Piephoff
PiephoffT@aol.com
Charlotte, NC