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Accept | species
Magnificent Frigatebird | county
Pender | observer
Daniel Kaplan | email
danmaxkaplan@gmail.com | date
13 July 2014 | location
Topsail Beach approximately 4 miles south of Surf City
(613 N. Anderson to be exact) | comments
1 immature bird drifting northeast in lazy circles just off the beach - made a close pass by our beach house | photo_link
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2014-08-25 19:30:47 | reviewer_comment
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| 2 | Accept | Magnificent Frigatebird | Wilson | Ann Brice | ann.brice@gmail.com | 9/3/2016 | rnflying over residentail neighborhood, at Kenan St and West End Ave. | 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. | View | Yes | 2016-09-03 11:54:37 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 3 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Alexander | Ron Underwood, Garnet Underwood | rongto@gmail.com | September 17, 2008 | Our front yard at Huckleberry Ridge Rd., Hiddenite, NC | Visited our bird bath. | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 4 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Cumberland | ebird | | | | a | | | 2012-02-08 09:34:54 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 5 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Granville | Deck Stapleton | destapleton@embarqmail.com | october, 2011 | 80 acre tract of land on Jack Clement road in southern Granville County | I see this species in migration on my property at this location most years. | | | 2011-11-23 21:44:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 6 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Moore | Bruce E. Empric | slava1stclass@hotmail.com | May 22, 2016 | Pinehurst, NC | Male Magnolia Warbler feeding in the upper branches of a River Birch tree between 7:00 and 07:15 a.m.. | | | 2016-05-22 03:00:25 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 7 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Onslow | Gilbert S. Grant | gilbert_grant@usa.net | 9Sept1969,31Aug1969 | Sneads Ferry and waxmyrtle thickets near New River Inlet | gray-green dorsum, light gray band across chest | | | 2013-11-05 18:40:46 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 8 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Pasquotank | Greg Hudson | | September 30, 2014 | Fenwick- Hollowell Memorial Wetland Area, Pasquotank River | Seen feeding in shrubs and trees in marshy area along Pasquotank River. | View | | 2014-10-09 21:41:05 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 9 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Warren | Fred Lobdell | fplobdell@embarqmail.com | 2005 | | Seen once in spring | | | 2012-04-09 02:54:33 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 10 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Wayne | Eric Dean | wolfpackdeans@bellsouth.net | Sep 12, 2009 | | most recent | | | 2011-08-26 14:47:50 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 11 | Accept | Magnolia Warbler | Yadkin | Marbry Hopkins | mbh1952@yahoo.com | 10/10/2012 | Yadkin County Park | 1 | | | 2012-11-05 13:59:20 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 12 | Accept | Mallard | Person | Deck Stapleton | destapleton@embarqmail.com | Jan 16, 2012 | Lake Mayo - Bowmanton rd crossing | single male bird | | | 2012-01-18 23:59:57 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 13 | Accept | Mallard | Robeson | Derek Hudgins | | May 31, 2013 | Britt Park | Flock of eight, not domestic in appearance at least | | | 2013-12-03 21:06:16 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 14 | Accept | Mallard | Vance | Deck Stapleton | destapleton@embarqmail.com | early Oct, 2011 | Henderson Point Park - Kerr Lake | 2011 Kerr Lake fall bird count | | | 2011-12-11 22:20:09 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 15 | Accept | Marbled Godwit | Wayne | Eric Dean | wolfpackdeans@bellsouth.net | prior to 1980 | waste treatment plant | don't have exact date | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 16 | Accept | Marbled Godwit | Wilkes | Isaac Kerns; Guy McGrane | isaac.kerns@ymail.com | 09/01/2014 | W. Kerr Scott Reservoir Dam | Already submitted to the CBC photo gallery. The bird spent most of its time feeding in dead grasses where the Army Corps had sprayed herbicide. Flew several times back down to the water. Got great looks as close as 20 feet. | View | | 2014-09-04 19:13:56 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 17 | Accept | Marbled Godwit | Wilkes | Dwayne Martin | redxbill@gmail.com | 9-2-2014 | W. Kerr Scott Dam, Wilkesboro, NC | First found by Isaac Kerns on 9-1-2014 | View | Yes | 2014-09-04 19:13:56 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 18 | Accept | Marsh Wren | Anson | Eddie Owens, Michael Fulbright, Jennifer Schrand | banjoman_57@yahoo.com | 11/2/2013 | Pee Dee NWR | Dark brown cap; whitish eyebrow; short, cocked tail; white lines on back; photos taken. | | | 2013-11-02 18:08:14 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 19 | Accept | Marsh Wren | Caldwell | Dwayne Martin, Lori Owenby | redxbill@gmail.com | 10-16-1999 | Wagner Property--Happy Valley | Seen in wetlands. | | | 2013-11-02 18:08:14 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 20 | Accept | Marsh Wren | Catawba | Dwayne Martin, Lori Owenby | redxbill@gmail.com | fall 1998 | Glen Hilton Park Hickory | One record | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 21 | Accept | Marsh Wren | Granville | Deck Stapleton | destapleton@embarqmail.com | autumn 2009 | 80 acre farm on Jack Clement rd | Unusual sighting. Was in unmowed field, lots of ragweed as I recall, not wet. It was calling, I did not recognize call note, I pished it into view and was surprised it was a Marsh wren. Good views, white eyestrip dark brown body, white markings on back, all the field marks eliminated house and carolina wren. Only other record I have for this property was back in autumn of 1988, that bird was in grasses on pond dam. | | | 2011-11-23 21:44:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 22 | Accept | Marsh Wren | Pitt | John Wright | pantelidisv@ecu.edu | January 4, 2004 | Grimesland sandpit ponds – north of Tar River, east of Greenville. | “Flushed from high grass edge by water of pond. All field marks noted. White eyeline, white stripes on back. Coloring. Saw at close range, 15 feet or less.” | | | 2012-01-10 09:46:01 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 23 | Accept | Marsh Wren | Yadkin | Philip Dickinson | pdickins@triad.rr.com | October 31, 2013 | Dinkins Bottom - along sand and gravel quarry road | Marsh Wren popped up in a ditch between the quarry road and a soybean field. Distinctive reddish-brown color with white supercilium and black-and-white streaks on back. Gave a brief call consistent with species. Popped up again in response to audio but declined to pose for photo before flying east along the ditch. We occasionally see this species in this area of the Piedmont in migration. | | | 2013-11-01 18:29:01 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 24 | Accept | Merlin | Avery | Jesse Pope | | | | f | | | 2011-12-11 22:20:09 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 25 | Accept | Merlin | Burke | Jamie Cameron | jamie.cameron@ncdenr.gov | fall 2011 | Lake James State park, Paddy's Creek Area | Several observed during the fall, 2011 migration. | | | 2011-12-19 09:20:07 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 26 | Accept | Merlin | Camden | Tony DeSantis | tony.desantis@ncdenr.gov | 12/09/08 | Dismal Swamp State Park | Perched over the east bank of canal. | | | 2012-02-18 02:14:21 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 27 | Accept | Merlin | Davie | Shelley Rutkin | shelleyr@windstream.net | 9/17/2017 | Rich Park | Flying overhead very high | View | Yes | 2017-09-18 06:32:31 | | 2017-09-19 19:05:00 | , 174.99.24.111 |
| 28 | Accept | Merlin | Edgecombe | ebird | | | | e | | | 2012-02-08 09:34:54 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 29 | Accept | Merlin | Gaston | ebird | | | | s | | | 2012-02-08 10:12:28 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 30 | Accept | Merlin | Gates | Floyd Williams | tony.desantis@ncdenr.gov | 2/20/82 | Merchant's Millpond State Pond | | | | 2012-02-18 02:14:21 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 31 | Accept | Merlin | Granville | Deck Stapleton | destapleton@embarqmail.com | August 1985 | 80 acre farm on Jack Clement rd | About same size as kestrel or sharpie. Dark grayish back. The bird from 1985 is the only one I have seen on this property. It was also a "lifer " for me. It was perched on utility pole. I could see its faint mustache through bins, so I knew it wasn't a sharpie. | | | 2011-11-23 21:44:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 32 | Accept | Merlin | Greene | Randy Hart | randy_rib@yahoo.com | Nov 1, 2021 | Lloyd Harrison Rd. | Took a pic of what I thought was a Kestrel in a tree but turned out to be a Merlin. | View | Yes | 2021-11-29 02:07:58 | | 2022-02-08 10:18:16 | , 174.99.8.135 |
| 33 | Accept | Merlin | Lee | Ali Iyoob | | | | s | | | 2012-07-24 09:06:31 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 34 | Accept | Merlin | Madison | ebird | | | | c | | | 2012-09-25 11:55:37 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 35 | Accept | Merlin | Nash | Fred Lobdell & Paul Scharf | fplobdell@embarqmail.com | Dec. 2010 | | Same | | | 2012-05-20 20:31:07 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 36 | Accept | Merlin | Pasquotank | Gregory L Hudson | swh56@yahoo.com | 12/12/13 | Hwy 17 Bypass | Hwy 17 bypass cuts through a large expanse of open farm land. He was on a fence post by the highway. | View | | 2014-02-08 12:26:31 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 37 | Accept | Merlin | Perquimans | Derek Hudgins | derekhudgins@gmail.com | December 28, 2011 | | Single bird perched on a telephone post. | | | 2012-01-04 10:31:15 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 38 | Accept | Merlin | Randolph | Jane Lawrence | jewelwing.jane@gmail.com | 9/24/2010 | Pisgah Road, 14 miles SW of Asheboro | Perched on snag in our pond for about a minute, then flew across the pond and tried to hawk a dragonfly before looping back over the trees. My field notes state "dark wings; barred tail with a pale tip; very streaky breast; no sign of rufous coloration; definitely not a Kestrel". | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 39 | Accept | Merlin | Watauga | Curtis Smalling | csmalling@audubon.org | 10/15/2014 | Valle Crucis Community Park | Photographed by Don Mullaney | View | | 2015-11-19 19:38:19 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 40 | Accept | Merlin | Wayne | Eric Dean | wolfpackdeans@bellsouth.net | Oct 30, 2010 | Cherry Hospital | most recent sighting | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 41 | Accept | Merlin | Wilson | Ann Brice | ann.brice@gmail.com | 3/20/2013 | Lake Wilson | Tail had narrow white stripes and large darker stripes. Appeared to have eye-line, dark cap. Had falcon wing shapes. Was black/grey/white colors. No rust or red on breast or tail. Was hunting from a hedgerow. Saw fly around area twice. Another birder spotted it initially and told me one was in the area. I did not get his name.
| | | 2014-03-25 19:49:02 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 42 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Avery | Jesse Pope | | | | f | | | 2011-12-11 22:20:09 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 43 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Burke | ebird | | | | a | | | 2012-01-12 10:01:37 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 44 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Catawba | Dwayne Martin | redxbill@gmail.com | 5-20-2013 | St Stephens Park | 2 seen flying over the park for over five mins. | | | 2013-11-01 18:29:01 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 45 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Edgecombe | ebird | | | | s | | | 2012-02-08 09:34:54 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 46 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Forsyth | Scott DePue | sdepue@email.com | June 12, 2012 | Overton Yard-Waste Facility | Viewed a single bird at 10 am soaring over yard waste facility off of Hwy. 52. Watched bird for 10 minutes- positive i.d. by way of characteristic soaring/stooping for insects, steady altitude w/o flapping, dark slender form w/pointed wings. Have watched Mississippi kites in Greensboro (Guilford County) for the last 9 years and am confident with positive i.d. of the Forsyth bird on June 12.
| | | 2012-08-21 16:18:17 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 47 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Greene | Loretta Barrow | Lbarrow0831@gmail.com | May-September 2018 | Shepherds Run | Have nested for past 3 years in my back yard | View | Yes | 2019-01-27 02:11:11 | | 2019-02-18 16:07:40 | , 174.99.25.210 |
| 48 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Hoke | Charles and Karen Rooks | Christinerooks@ymail.com | 5/16/2013 | Walter Drive, Raeford-Rockfish area | It has nested in a tree by our yard. There are 2 here. We also have pictures. | | | 2013-11-01 18:29:01 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 49 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Lee | Aaron Hayes | aaron_hayes34@yahoo.com | July 23 2015 | South of Sanford, NC. Carolina Trace Community | Three falcon like birds circling above residential, wooded community. I did not get a view of the birds perched, only in flight. Their calls were distinct. I compared their calls with recordings found online. Their numbers and flight behavior also make me think kite. | | | 2015-07-23 21:25:52 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 50 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Lenoir | ebird | | | | d | | | 2012-07-24 09:06:31 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 51 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Nash | Ann Brice | ann.brice@gmail.com | 8/30/2016 | 8734 Stokes Rd. Rural residential area. | 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. | | | 2016-08-30 11:28:55 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 52 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Northampton | Nick Flanders, Elisa Enders, Ed Corey | flicknanders@hotmail.com | 5/26/2013 | Roanoke River between Weldon and US-258. | Seen in flight and perched along Northampton Co. side of River. | | | 2014-02-28 11:49:33 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 53 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Rockingham | Martin Wall | mwbirdmail@gmail.com | 8/21/2021 | Neighborhood in Reidsville | Before 2021, the only record of a Mississippi Lite in the county was an X on a checklist for the "Reidsville Area." No details were given. A friend called me to tell me about seeing two. After some looking we located their territory. They have been observed two years now, including recently fledged birds. | View | Yes | 2022-10-03 05:58:52 | | 2023-01-22 20:17:28 | , 98.26.13.186 |
| 54 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Sampson | Joshua Sims | Joshua.sims.a@gmail.com | 7/23/13 | | X | | | 2013-11-01 18:29:01 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 55 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Transylvania | Vin Stanton | vinstanton@charter.net | 8/19/2011 | Access point for the French Broad River near Brevard | Observed two Mississippi Kites catching thermals near the French Broad river. I was able to id one as an imm. kite, I was unable id the other. | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 56 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Warren | Niels Lameijer | mtove@deltaforce.net | 05/20/2018 | Unspecified Lake Gaston, Warren Co. | This is a report on ebird. I have no further information other than what's given. Michael Tove | | | 2021-02-25 04:53:39 | | 2021-02-25 18:12:59 | , 174.99.11.225 |
| 57 | Accept | Mississippi Kite | Wayne | Eric Dean | wolfpackdeans@bellsouth.net | Jul 30, 2011 | downtown | common in county during summer | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 58 | Accept | Mottled Duck | Alexander | Ron Underwood, Garnet Underwood | rongto@gmail.com | July 30, 2011 | Alexander County side of the Catawba River across from Riverbend Park, Hickory, NC | Mottled Duck was the one reported by Dwayne Martin at Riverbend Park in Catawba County. When we saw the duck, it was along the bank on the Alexander County side of the Catawba River. | | | 2011-08-25 23:35:26 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 59 | Accept | Mottled Duck | Hyde | Scott Winton | | 23 June 2014 | Mattamuskeet NWR - Lake Landing impoundments | a female photographed | | | 2014-06-30 22:23:08 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 60 | Accept | Mountain Bluebird | New Hanover | Harry LeGrand | hlegrandjr@gmail.com | Feb 2022 | Wrightsville Beach | Seen daily from 11 February to 21 March 2022 (Chat 86:85). | | | 2022-09-14 01:15:57 | | 2022-09-14 13:16:11 | , 174.99.4.90 |
| 61 | Accept | Mountain Plover | Carteret | Jon Altman et al. | hlegrandjr@gmail.com | 26 January 2016 | Ophelia Inlet area of Core Banks | Seen by dozens of birders for several more weeks. Many photos taken, on the CBC Photo Gallery. | | | 2016-12-12 08:56:34 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 62 | Accept | Mourning Warbler | Granville | Deck Stapleton | destapleton@embarqmail.com | Sept 5, 2007 | 80 acre farm on Jack Clement rd | This sighting was reported to and listed in "Briefs for the Files" in The Chat. | | | 2011-12-08 16:22:50 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 63 | Accept | Mourning Warbler | Jackson | ebird | | | | s | | | 2012-07-24 09:06:31 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 64 | Accept | Mourning Warbler | Wilkes | Wendell Smith | badgerboy@wilkes.net | 9/25/1955 | North Wilkesboro | cited in AFN 10-1, appears to be the only record for the county. | | | 2021-10-24 10:20:44 | | 2022-02-08 10:18:16 | , 174.99.8.135 |
| 65 | Accept | Mute Swan | Alamance | Mark Anthony | mark-fonda@triad.rr.com | 3-7-2013 | Mebane Rogers Road | Submitted this to ebird and when it came up as rare I thought I would check data for Alamance County. I included a picture of the Swan with the ebird checklist. | | | 2013-11-01 18:29:01 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 66 | Accept | Mute Swan | Carteret | Harry LeGrand | | | | Mentioned on Birds of North Carolina website | | | 2011-12-11 22:20:09 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 67 | Accept | Mute Swan | Harnett | Barbara C King | bckingcensus@gmail.com | 9/11/22 | Carolina Lakes | I was visiting my cousin who feeds 2 Mute Swans in the lake behind her home. | View | Yes | 2022-09-14 01:53:01 | | 2022-09-26 16:07:23 | , 174.99.4.90 |
| 68 | Accept | Mute Swan | Perquimans | Fred & Paulette Lobdell | fplobdell@embarqmail.com | 2005 | | same | | | 2012-02-16 20:54:43 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
| 69 | Accept | Mute Swan | Wake | Bockhahn | birdranger248@gmail.com | 1/11/04 | Sandling Beach, Falls Lake SRA | Seen during eagle count, flew into lakes center. No band. Swam away from my location. | | | 2011-08-29 13:18:47 | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | |
