Two Kites were observed for over 5 minutes "playing" with two other similar sized birds. They were soaring with slow wing flaps and seemed to be enjoying Brevard's beautiful weather. They soared over at 100 to 500 feet above the tree line. My phone camera couldn't do it justice but I did get one identifiable picture which was accepted by eBird.

Appears to be a county record. Unmistakable. First seen foraging with egrets and stork on Chatham county side of the lake; eventually flew to the Durham end. Seemed to prefer company of stork. See picture (taken of bird when in Chatham Cty).

Appears to be a county record. Unmistakable. First seen foraging with egrets and stork on Chatham county side of the lake; eventually flew to the Durham end. Seemed to prefer company of stork. See picture (taken of bird when in Durham Cty).

"A first-year bird found on the Southern Lake Norman CBC, on the lake near Davidson, NC, 18 Dec (Chris Talkington) was well-photographed the same day (Talkington, Jeff Lemons) and remained for a day, 19 Dec (Ron Clark, Tom Sanders, David Wright, et al.)." Chat 76:58.

We spotted two large owls on June 25th and noticed their white color and unique sound. When we played the barn owl sound from allaboutbirds.com it was an exact match to what we were hearing outside. We again spotted two owls the next night and have heard their calls. On the 29th we saw two white owls fly to a tree, and clearly saw that they looked like barn owls. When the owls flew into the neighboring yard the neighbors also saw them, spotting 3 owls! Another neighbor believes they saw the owls as well. We all have old tobacco barns on our properties and live close to the eno river with plenty of property. Spoke with folks at Piedmont Wildlife Center and they said with such a unique call, it must be barn owls

Written description was accepted by the NC Bird Records Committee; however, the photos were blurry due to long distance to the bird, and these were not accepted.

2 Dunlin were seen and photographed feeding along a paved road in a housing development after a major rain storm. We were doing a Spring Migration Count. Apparently they were feeding on earthworms washed onto the road.

4 male, 3 female American Wigeon. Males showing creamy white crown above bill, dark rump bordered by white, and white in wings. Females grey with reddish-brown body.

While playing golf at Bradford Creek Golf Course on Wednesday, 1/4/17, several flocks of resident Canada Geese flew over and I heard a Greater White-fronted Goose in the flock, but I didn't have binoculars and could not pick it out. Almost every day since, I have been searching the area around the course and looking through the many resident geese trying to find it. Today, 1/10/17, at about 1:00 PM, my wife and I rode through the area and in the first group of geese we saw beside the fairway, I spotted the GWF Goose. I called several members of our bird club and Jerry Lotterhos came out with his camera and got very good pictures. One of the pictures is submitted, but others are available. Howard Vainright, President, Greenville-River Park North Bird Club

I heard the bird one evening while walking my dog. I didn't actually see it, so I cannot swear that it couldn't have been a recording, but it seems unlikely. It went on for at least half an hour or more while we were walking.

When constructing a database of Spring Bird Count sightings for Guilford County over the past 50 years, I stumbled upon the report of one King Rail on the Greensboro Count on 5/3/69. The sighting is recorded in the datasheet for 1969 as published in "The Chat." I know no other details of the sighting.

Saw on the trailing edge of tropical storm Hermine. Was flying just above the treetops. Had an obvious forked tail. Immediately thought swallow-tail kite but the wings were not straight and the shape of the bird didn't seem right. The shape of the wings seemed more gull-like. Could not see any color. Checked field guide for other possibilities. The frigatebird wings matched as well as the forked tail.

Saw two kites soaring over yard and field at 10 am. Beautiful warm, sunny day. Watched for about 3 minutes. Were flying just above tree tops so I had a good view but with naked eye only. Did not have forked tail. I am familiar with this species. Narrow wings, bouyant flight and light head.

A novice birder noticed an unusual bird in the watauga river on the bank off Broadstone Road and took some good quality pictures that were good enough to ID the YCNH. Please contact Guy McGrane at badgerboy@wilkes.net if there are questions.

Had four days of sub freezing weather some sleet in the morning. It was very foggy and I estimated there were at least 4000 gulls sitting on the lake. I had a telescope and was able to pick out two that had a darker mantle than others.rnMantle dark and didn't contrast with wing tip when flew. Mottled head. Slightly larger than ring bill gulls. Were originally near each other.