Date: 6/10/25 4:36 pm From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Reminder: Spring season reports for Chat Briefs
Fellow birders,
Now that the Spring Season is over (March - May), as The Chat's Briefs for the Files editor, I would like to hear from any of you who have not posted important records for the season already on eBird. The great majority of the Briefs over the past decade have come from the editor perusing the eBird database, species by species, and picking out the most signficant reports. This is tedious, but I need to wait for a few more days to start so that any and all rarity sightings (as seen on the Carolina Bird Club Sightings page) have hopefully been approved as valid. But, a few of you might have some important records that were not on eBird, so please let me know what notable birds you saw.
I'd like to hear from folks by June 25. Again, almost all of you submit eBird reports, so those data are already available to me. Thanks for posting such records!
Harry LeGrand, Briefs for the Files editor Raleigh
PS -- I will be very selective of any and all Worm-eating Warbler reports, as there are far too many being reported in the Carolinas this spring, typically heard only ones without visual confirmation. I suspect most are actually Chipping Sparrows or Pine Warblers, and perhaps Dark-eyed Juncos in the mountains. I'm sorry to have to mention this, but there does appear to be a problem with over-reporting of this uncommon species in the Carolinas (based on heard-only evidence). Many Chipping Sparrows can sound eerily similar to typical Worm-eating Warblers when in song, and Merlin apps have been shown to be fooled by a few folks posting to this listserve already.
