for members of the Carolina Bird Club, Inc., ornithological society of the Carolinas

Volume 47 June/July 2001 Number 3

Santee Cooper Country in Autumn

The Carolina Bird Club fall meeting will be held in Santee, South Carolina, from Friday, September 21, through Sunday,
September 23, headquartered af the Ramada-Santee, 1-95, Exit 98.

. Santee Cooper Country is comprised of two lakes (Marion and Moultrie), two rivers, two canals, a vast swamp, 450 miles of
shoreline, 171,000 acres of. land covered by 6-1/2 million gallons of water, and covers the five counties of Orangeburg, Calhoun,
Sumter, Clarendon, and Berkeley. For detailed information, refer to santeecoopercountry.org.

Field trips will visit the four units of the Santee National Wildlife Refuge, Santee State Park, the Super Sod Farms and other
areas in Orangeburg County, Congaree Swamp National Monument, Pointsett State Park and many other birdy places, includ-
ing a two-hour pontoon boat ride on Lake Marion.

We expect to see a wide variety of birds, including shorebirds, raptors, ducks, possibly red-cockaded woodpecker, brown-
headed nuthatch, Bachman’s sparrow, and migrant warblers. For more detailed information on the birds to be seen, refer to
Robin M. Carter’s Finding Birds in South Carolina.

On Friday evening, Craig Sasser, a Refuge Biologist with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services, will present an overview of the
work he has done for the past four years at Santee NWR for the management of waterfowl and songbirds. On Saturday evening,
John Sill, noted author and humorist, will speak. •

For nonbirding, significant others there is a factory outlet mall within walking distance of the motel, featuring such names as
Bass, Bugle Boy, Famous Footwear, Leggs, Hanes, Bali, Oneida, Swank and Van Heusen, to name a few. There are 288 holes
of golf and you can check out the courses on the web site. Revolutionary and civil war battle sites are scattered throughout the
area.

While you will not find a gourmet restaurant in Santee, there are numerous eating establishments and you are sure to find
something you like from pasta, pizza, fast-food, country cooking, chicken, steaks, ribs, seafood and BBQ, to sandwiches and
salads, brunches and buffets.

The Ramada-Santee is an AAA three-star motel with an outdoor swimming pool, cocktail lounge, and coffee in the rooms.
Pets are allowed. The toll free number is 888-726-8337 and the local number is 803-854-2191. Single rooms are $43.20, plus
1 1% tax, and doubles are $52.20, plus tax. These rates include a hot breakfast buffet. The rates are good before and after the
meeting dates, so come early or stay late and enjoy what the area has to offer. Check-in time is 2 p.m. and check-out is at noon.

When making reservations, check or credit card must secure the first night’s lodging. Checks will not be accepted at check-
out. Cash or credit card must pay the balance. Identify yourself as a CBC member. A block of rooms will be held for us until
September 1 . 2001. After this date, rooms will be on a space-available basis. There is a Hampton Inn (803-854-2444) adjacent
to the Ramada. Rates will be higher. Camping is available at the State Park (803-854-2444) and there are private campgrounds
in the area.

We will have two, two-hour, narrated boat tours on Lake Marion, exploring the beautiful sunken
cypress forests on a 38-passenger pontoon boat, equipped with a restroom. Enjoy ospreys, anhingas,
herons, egrets and other water birds, as well as alligators and lake wildflowers such as purple
hyacinths, yellow primrose and swamp hibiscus. •

One boat trip will leave from the Ramada parking lot at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 21, and the
second trip will leave from the parking lot at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 22. The cost is $1 1
per person, which is nonreftindable unless the provider cancels the trip.
is August 20. Please use the form provided in this newsletter to register.

Watch for field trip descriptions and sign-up in the next issue of the CBC Newsletter, but because
of deadlines, it is necessary for you to reserve your motel room and sign up for the boat ride now, il
you are interested.

CBC Fall Meeting — September 21 - 23, 2001
Hotel Reservation Form

(Rooms may not be available after Septernber 1.)

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Send this form with a check to; Ramada-Santee, PO Box 501, Santee SC 29142. .

Carolina Bird Club Fall Meeting Registration Form

September 21 - 23, 2001

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Fish Eagle Boat Tour

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Friday, September 21, 2:30 p.m. or Saturday, September 22, 7:30 a.m.

Make check payable to Carolina Bird Club and mail to: Carroll Richard, PO Box 893, Hampton SC 29924.

Spring in the Sandhiiis

To say the spring meeting in the
Sandhills was an outstanding success
is really an understatement. All the
planning and hard work of Susan
Campbell and the members of the
Moore County Bird Club really paid
off. They managed to provide about
150 birders from across the Carolinas
with great weather, programs, field
trips and birds.

Highlights of the weekend included:

- Peeking into the nest cavity of sev-
eral Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
and watching several very scrawny
chicks get their identifying brace-
lets.

- Finding out that the female hum-
mingbird that Susan caught for one
of the banding demonstrations really
did have two legs. There was some
doubt but she finally showed them
both!

- Talking to David Sibley as he

Afternoon entertainment by -
The Piney Woods.

signed copies of his book. The Sibley
Guide to Birds. One young birder
(about 10 years old) received a spe-
cial treat - his own personal draw-
ing by Sibley as well as his signa-
ture. A real treat!

- Enjoying good conversation and
food provided by the Moore County
Bird club, while listening some
wonderful live folk music. The mu-
sic was provided by, a group called
‘Piney Woods’. Two of the members

- David and Jill McCloy are local
birders. They entertained us with
some lovely traditional Appalachian
and Celtic music.

- Listening to Scott Hartley, Super-
intendent of Weymouth Woods, on
Friday night explain how fire is the
key to a healthy ecosystem in the
Sandhills. So folks actually got to
see a controlled burn. Peter
Campbell with the U.S. Fish and

David Sibley autographing his book -

The Sibley Guide to Birds.

Wildlife over came technological
setbacks to present a wonderful pro-
gram Saturday night. He picked up
where Scott left off, updating us on
the status of the Red-cockaded
Woodpecker restoration in the
Sandhills.

- Wandering through unique habi-
tats to find specialty birds such as
Bachman’s and Lark Sparrows, Mis-
sissippi Kites and of course the Red-
cockaded Woodpecker. Dick Burke
managed to wow one group by
showing them a Red-shoulder
Hawk’s nest just as the female
brought in a snake for lunch. Then
he produced a Bachman’s sparrow
perched and singing for a good five
minutes. All together about 134
birds were seen over the course of
the weekend.

Hummingbird Banding
with Susan Campbell

Waiting for the Saturday evening program

Winter Pelagic Birding:

By Steve Schultz

North Carolina’s Outer Banks are
known to many as THE place to go for
summer pelagic birding trips on the Mid-
Atlantic Coast. Until recently the winter
months were a time to study results of
the previous summer’s trips and dream
of what might appear the following sum-
mer from the tropics or the far reaches
of the ocean. Recent winter trips from
Hatteras or Manteo have proven pelagic
birding opportunities abound year round.
North Carolina’s unique location allows
winter pelagic birders to view species of
birds normally associated with areas
much farther to the north. Alcids, skua,
Fulmer and other rarely seen in the south-
easf species are now known to occur with
some frequency in the cold \yaters of the
Labrador Current that eases past the
Outer Banks from the frigid north.

March 2, 2001: The drive to the beach
felt surprisingly short considering the
distance from home to Hatteras takes five
hours to cover by car. I made the right
turn onto the Outer Banks. A light-col-
ored bird sitting on a signpost caught the
edge of the headlights and my first
thought was ‘owT. Turning around I
pulled alongside a Bam Owl, quite a nice
species to spot from a car!

The view of Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse’s twin beams sweeping the
sky indicated my arrival at the Cape. The
balmy weather allowed for plenty of mist
in the night sky. The interaction of
Hatteras’ lighthouse and the moist sky
was just as magical as I had remembered
from a winter trip two years ago. At that
time the light was positioned several
thousand feet closer to the sea, the new
setting a res0°ult of the epic move in
1999. 1 took a few moments to stand at
the base.of the light and watch the beams
sweep the sky. The feeling of awe was
difficult to describe in words and impos-
sible to reproduce in still photographs.

One of these days I’ll bring a video cam-
era and hope the weather conditions al-
low for the magical display to occur.

March 3, 2001: The birders began to
arrive at .Oden’s Dock before sunrise.
Mountains of snacks, optics, field guides
and foul-weather gear accompanied the
17 or so paying customers. The relatively
small number of participants meant there
was plenty of room for everyone and
their personal belongings. The trip
started a few minutes ahead of schedule
as the lines were slipped and the twin
diesels nudged us away from land. The
slow ride through the marked channel
allowed for glimpes of more common
coastal birds preparing for their day.
Brant fed in the shallow shoals near the
inlet while overhead chevrons of Brown
Pelicans formed up and dispersed to for-
age among schools of fish. A few gulls
lazily flew by to inspect our vessel to
ascertain the possibility of a free meal.
If they hung around they would be re-
warded by one of the hallmarks of a pe-
lagic birding trip, the ‘chum line’^ Bits
of fish, fish oil, and other relatively un-
wanted bits of refuge from the fishing
industry are dropped in the water at short
intervals after we are under way. This
‘moving buffet line’ quickly brings
flocks of gulls and other birds behind the
boat. The hope is that a rare gull or pe-
lagic species will join the fray and allow
close observation' If nothing else, the
chum provides an opportunity to study
the plumage characteristics of the locally
common guUs.

We reached the inlet and bounced over
the rollers washing the inlet bar. Soon
we were headed northeast parallel to the
coast. As we approached the shoals off
Cape Point, Captain Spurgeon Stowe
spoted a whale nearby and turned the
boat to investigate. We were rewarded
with views of a Humpback Whale mak-
ing shallow surface dives. As the water
in this area is not deep, the whale did not
‘fluke up’, or flip its tail. In addition to
the head, blowhole, and namesake hump,
I got a brief view of one of the long, white
pectoral flippers shining through the

green water. As far as I was concerned
the day had been a success already, al-
though we has nearly 10 hours to go be-
fore returning to port.

We put our stern to the Diamond
Shoals Texas-tower and plodded north-
ward looking for the cold water that may
contain Razorbills, Puffins and other
sought-after winter pelagic species. The
first uncommon bird of the day was an
adult Little Gull associating with the
ubiquitous Bonaparte’s Gulls. We saw
several others as the day wore on, some
quite well as they foraged nearby.

The weather forecast for the day was
not terribly optimistic, with rain pre-
dicted to overspread the area by after-
noon. A massive nor’easter was forecast
to form’ over this patch of ocean in the
next 48 hours. We were fortunate to en-
joy the oft-quoted ‘calm before the
storm’ as light winds and cloudy, but
generally rain-free, skies provided be-
nign seas and good viewing conditions.
The air temperature was comfortable,
and sea temperatures ranged from 46'“ to
an incredible 7 1 ° in eddies spinning away
from the Gulf Stream. It was quite easy
to determine when the boat entered this
balmy water as the color turned from
greenish to deep blue, and the air tem-
perature appeared to shift from winter to
spring. .

As we cruised northward we began to
encounter some of the offshore wildlife
common to North Carolina. Small flocks
of Red Phalaropes burst off the water and
wheeled away in coordinated flight.
These small sandpipers spend all winter
at sea feeding on the Atlantic’s abundant
plankton. We frequently encountered
pods of dolphin including the common
Atlantic Bottlenose and the less-common
Common Dolphin. The small, beautifully,
marked Common Dolphin enjoyed

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Winter Birding Continued

riding the bow wave produced by our
passage. By hanging over the side of
the bow I not only obtained close-up
views of the marine mammals, but
also could hear the high-pitched
squeaks of dolphin communication as
the animals took a free ride a few feet
below.

Nearby I spotted an object in the
water that was identified as an Ocean
Sunfish, a bizarre species attaining
several feet in diameter and hundreds
of pounds in weight. These fish spend
a great deal of time on the surface
floating on their sides. The same area
also produced a Loggerhead Sea
Turtle swimming lazily in the current.
This may have been an older turtle as
the shell was covered with barnacles.
It was amazing how little pockets of
animals occur after sailing through
seemingly barren ocean.

As we reached our destination, a
cold pocket of water northeast of
Cape Point, we began to see Razor-
bills in the water. These alcids are
fairly common off the NC coast in the
winter. Several small groups passed
the boat earlier in the morning, but
were difficult to identify. The feed-
ing birds were much easier to make
out as they pop up and float on the
surface for a few moments before
submerging on another quest for food.
Although the Razorbills did not flee
at the sight of the boat, they did not
permit terribly close inspection either.
Views through binoculars were sat-
isfactory if not spectacular. We ended
up seeing several hundred Razorbills,
ourx)nly alcids for the trip. The much
sought after Atlantic Puffin remained
elusive.

Not all of the action occurred on
the water. The string of gulls and gan-
nets behind the boat attracted two tar-
get species, the Great Skua and the
Northern Fulmar. The Fulmar first
appeared coming at the boat head on.
Most participants received good
views as the bird moved from bow to
stem and took a cursory glance at our
chum offering before moving on. The
next visitor Was the Great Skua. This

powerful arctic pirate appeared sev-
eral times throughout our trip in-
specting our parade of gulls for any
likely targets of aggression.

Pelagic birding may be compared
to fire fighting. You wait around a
long time for something to happen,
and then things get busy very
quickly. The slower times allow for in-
spection of any shipping in the area, a
chance to devour some of the snacks
dragged on board, or a visit to the head
(always an exciting experience on a mov-
ing boat). Somewhat akin to the action
at a fire station, the crackling of the PA
systems puts people into action. The an-
nouncement of a Fulmer, phalarope, or
Skua brought people mshing to their fa-
vorite piece of railing with binoculars or
camera in hand.

We drifted back to the south as the af-
ternoon wore on. Approaching Cape
Point, our resident string of gulls and
gannets swelled with new recruits. This
was an excellent fomm to study the plum-
age variations in the Northern Gannet.
The black youngsters gradually change
to the white, black, and yellowish plum-
age of adults over three years. Birds of
every plumage type could be seen in
close proximity as they dove into the
wake for a snack of diced mullet or men-
haden.

As we neared the waters off Frisco
another Humpback Whale was sighted.
This great mammal decided to provide a
bit more of a show than the previous
sighting. After several blows followed by
shallow dives, the whale bade us fare-
well with two dives in which he flips his
tail clear of the water. One of the
surfacings occured close enough to the
boat to clearly hear the explosion of air
from the whale’s paired blowholes. I in-
dicated the whale was a ‘he’ based on
recent studies indicating irhmature
Humpback males tend to winter off the
coast of the Mid- Atlantic while the breed-
ing population travels to the clear, but
food-poor, waters of the Caribbean.
Younger males ajjparently stay farther
north and spend the winter feeding oh
the abundant schools of menhaden found
near the coast.

Ten. hours after we left our trip came
to a close. Birders weary of scanning

ocean horizons but sated of the need for
a phalarope. Skua, or Little Gull happily
disembarked and notched the fruits of
another Atlantic pelagic on their trip lists.

Although several operators run pelagic
trips of the North Carolina coast, Brian
Patteson is the only one with a series of
regularly scheduled winter trips. Infor-
mation on past season’s trips, opportu-
nities for upcoming trips, and other in-
formation can be found at
www.pattesson.com. Information on
trips run by other operators can often be
found in the classified sections of the
ABA newsletter Winging It or national
birding magazines.

Hope to see you offshore on the next
trip!

CBC News

The annual membership meeting of
the Carolina Bird Club was held
Saturday night of the Spring meeting in
Southern Pines. The primary order of
business was to elect new officers. The
following members were elected
unanamously:

President: Van Atkins, Charleston,
SC; Western North Carolina Vice
President: Dick Blee, Brevard, NC;
Secretary: Sue Pulsipher, Linden, NC;
Treasurer: Patricia Tyndall, Wake
Forest, NC; Western North Carolina
Member-at-Large: Charlotte
Goedsche, Asheville, NC; Eastern
North Carolina Member-at-Large:
Sandy Cash, Durham, NC; South
Carolina Member-at-Large:

Kathleen O’ Grady, Columbia, SC. We
want to thank Clyde Smith and his
nomination committee for their work
in putting together an outstanding slate
of officers.

In Search of Grouse

by Judy Walker

Usually the number 13 is considered
an unlucky number. But when thirteen
members of the Carolina Bird Club met
Derb Carter at the Denver airport it was
probably one of the luckiest days of our
lives because we were in for an unbe-
lievable five days of birding. Before it
was over we would travel nearly 2,000
miles visit-
ing literally
every comer
of Colorado;
traverse just
about every
type of habi-
tat possible
from alpine
tundra to
open prairie
and high
desert; en-
counter a
wide variety
of weather from 85

conditions and best of all discover 150
species including 8 species of
gallenaceous birds. To summarize the
trip in a page and a half will be nearly
impossible but here’s my valiant attempt
at describing some of the highlights.

The first day set the tone for the trip.
It included expected birds as well as a
few unexpected. At our first stop, a back-
yard feeder, we had typical Colorado
feeder birds - Pine Siskens, a variety of
Juncos, Pygmy Nuthatch and some
strange looking squirrels. We weren’t
expecting the aerial display of a pair of
Northern Goshawks! On our way up to

Guannella Pass we encountered another
unexpected treat - a flock of about 50
Bohemian Waxwings. At the pass, on the
snowfield, we discovered at least a dozen
White-tailed Ptarmigan. We were able to
get to within 50 feet of several of them.
Of course seeing them was not always
easy. They blended into the snow so well
it was hard to keep track of
them.

Of course if you are in
Colorado you have to stop
at a ski slopfe and that we
did. However, we were not
in search of a downhill thrill
but rosy finches at a feeder.
As we were waiting Harry
Le Grand and Jeff Pippen

explained the intricacies of
identifying the different species
because as they noted the birds
always traveled in a large group
with all the species rhixed to-
gether. Within a few minutes
one single Hepburn’s subspe-
cies came in and then a single
Gray-crowned. We moved closer to get
better looks. As we did we kidded Harry
and Jeff about single rosy finches. Then
out of nowhere came a mass of feathers
and wings. Two hundred plus birds de-
scended upon the feeder. All three spe-
cies and the subspecies where there and
relatively easy to pick out. Suddenly the
birds flushed and flew all around us

again up slope and disappeared into the
trees. This all took place in about a 20-
minute time span. It was a breath-taking
experience.

Although we had some great encoun-
ters with a wide variety of birds - Red-
naped Sapsucker at Monarch Pass; Red-
crossbills in the Wet Mountains; Lewis’s
Woodpeckers and Yellow-headed Black-
birds in Canon City; Williamson’s Sap-
sucker and Gray Flycatcher on the south
rim of the Royal Gorge; Pinyon Jays in
Temple Canyon and Golden Eagles ev-
ery day, most of us had come on this trip
to see grouse. And we were not disap-
pointed. The first night found us out in
the middle of nowhere surrounded by
booming Greater Sage Grouse. Some
birds
were
within
a 100
feet of
t h e
van.
Look-
ing at
t h e.
birds
through
the

scope was breath taking and awe inspir-
ing. And the sound can only be described
as ethereal and eerie. An unbelievable
way to close a day of birding.

The next morning, found us up and out
by 4:30 and on our way to a Sharp-tail
Grouse lek. Before we got there our
guide, a Fish and Wildlife staff person,
stopped the caravan and had us get out.
He indicated there usually was a blue
grouse in the vicinity and sure enough
out walks a female Blue Grouse. She
posed very nicely for everyone to get

nearly running into us. They settled again
at the feeder and then after a few min-
utes of gorging themselves they flushed

good looks. We proceed on to the lek.
The birds were not as close as the night
before but you could still see and hear
the birds well especially when they
‘danced’. While watching the grouse a
Golden Eagle passed behind them. The
rising sun turned the bird’s head a bril-
liant gold, which shone like a star. At that
moment it was obvious why it was called
a Golden Eagle.

After a filling breakfast in Craig we
headed south to Gunnison. Along the
way we attempted to find another grouse
- the Chukar but the time of day worked
against us. I was amazed at the habitat
we were looking in. It was a very arid,
rocky canyon with very little vegetation.
It was hard to believe that anything
would want to live there. But we did en-
counter a few creatures - Black-throated
Sparrows, Mountain Bluebirds, Rock
Wrens and a very interesting lizard with
a bright yellow head and a turquoise
green body.

Late afternoon found us on the rim of
the Black Canyon of the Gunnison near
Montrose. The wind had picked up so
the birding was almost not existent. But
just as we were pulling out of the park-
. ing lot Derb spotted a male Blue Grouse
walking along the road. We all managed
to get out of the vans without spooking
the bird and watched it walk about 10
feet into the brush. It got up On a low
perch and began to boom. As we watched
in rapt silence I wondered if the female
we had seen that morning some 300
miles to the north could hear him.

The next morning we were up and at
the Gunnison Sage Grouse lek just be-
fore dawn. Here we had about 20 birds
at a greater distance. These birds were
smaller that the birds we saw the first
night. They had longer head feathers and
sounded different. Still, it was a very
impressive display. After they left the lek
we were treated to two perching Rough-
legged Hawks which were as different
as night and day. I must admit that by
the end of the 5 days I was getting pretty
good at discriminating between Rough-
legged, Swainson’s, Ferruginous and
Red-tailed Hawks. But probably could
not tell the difference now.

We headed back over the Rockies and
headed for the Great Plains to get our

last two grouse. We found the Lesser
Prairie Chicken in the Commache Grass-
lands near Springfield. I had the oppor-
tunity to be in the blind, which gave me .
a birds-eye-view of the birds from about
75 feet. After listening to these guys it
was obvious why they were called
‘chicken’ . They cackled and carried just
like domestic chickens. Unfortunately,
there were only five birds on this lek, a
testimony to their endangered status.

Before we saw our final grouse, the
Greater Prairie Chicken, we made a de-
tour to the Pawnee Grasslands, near
Greeley. Thanks to another Carolina Bird
Club member, Steve Dinsmore we were
easily found several Mountain Plovers
in the vast expanse of the grasslands. As
we drove through the grassland to Wray
and our final grouse, we also found
McCowan’s and Chestnut-collared
Longspurs, a Prairie Falcon, several
ducks, lots of Ferruginous Hawks and a
pair of Great Homed Owls nesting in the
only tree for miles.

Meanwhile the weather was turning
ominous. High winds had spawned tor-
nados to the east of us and the forecast
was calling for blizzard conditions the
next (our last) morning. For the last time
we got up at 4 AM to board a bus to the
blind at the lek. It wasn’t quite as cold as
we thought it was going to be but it was
drizzling. When we got to the blind it
started thundering and lightening, but the
male birds were there in all their splen-
dor. These guys didn’t sound like chick-
ens though. Their calls were more remi-
niscent of jungle calls, ethereal and ee-
rie like the Greater Sage Grouse. Al-
though all the males were there, about
20, in the pouring rain, the females had
enough sense to stay out of the rain, and
we didn’t haVe to worry about disrupt-
ing their mating rituals when we left
about 6:30.

As we approached Denver it started
snowing which probably was good. It
made it easier to leave. We had had beau-
tiful weather and great birding but now
it was time to leave with our memories
and new friendships.

Derb had promised us grouse but we
found so much more. Thanks for all your
hard work and miles of driving. Derb, it
was a great success!

Carolina Bird Club
Officers

President

Van Atkins

2040 Church Creek Dr.,
Charleston, SC 29414
843-766-7000/729-0271
vatkins@awod.coni

Vice Presidents

John Wright, Greenville, NC
Dick Blee, Brevard, NC
Donna Bailey, Winnsboro, SC

Secretary

Sue Pulsipher, Linden, NC

Treasurer

Patricia Tyndall, Wake Forest, NC

NC Members-at-Large

Sandy Cash, Durham, NC
Charlotte Goedsche, Asheville, NC
Dwayne Martin, Claremont, NC
Susan Campbell, Whispering Pines, NC

SC Members-at-Large

Kathleen O’ Grady, Irmo, SC
Gary Sowell, Hopkins, SC

Immediate past President

Len Pardue, Asheville, NC

Editor of The Chat

Bob Wood, Columbia, SC

Editor of the CBC Newsletter

Judy Walker, Charlotte, NC

Headquarters Secretary

Tullie Johnson

The CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly by
Carolina Bird Club, Inc., the ornithological society of
the Carolinas. CBC is a nonprofit corporation
headquartered in Raleigh, NC. Founded in 1937 the
membership open to anyone interested in birds,
natural history and.conservation. Members are
encouraged to submit items of interest to the
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Submission deadlines are the 10th of January, March,
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Raleigh, NC 28601-1029

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Welcome New Members

Scott Barnes

David & Michael McCloy

Chapel Hill, NC

Southern Pines, NC

Steve C. Dennis

Joe Poston

Columbia, SC

Salisbury, NC

Arthur & Beverly Hudson

Hendersonville, NC

Edward & Sheila Templin

Taylors, SC

What’s Inside

John Kennedy

Raleigh, NC

Erik & Clare Vossen

; Raleigh,NC

Fall Meeting

Fall Meeting Registration

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Dottie & Mike Leonowicz .

Spring Meeting Report

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Charlotte, NC

Winter Pelagic Birding -

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CBC News

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In Search of Grouse

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Rare Bird Alert: 704-332-BIRD

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www.carolinabirdclub.org