Date: 6/10/26 6:51 am From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Reminder: A call for Spring Reports for the Briefs for the Files
Fellow birders,
Here is a good enough reason for the Carolinabirds listserve to provide a forum for important announcements!
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 (looking at over 400 Species Maps!), 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*.
As we know, this was a poor spring for strong fronts and strong winds, especially winds from the west and northwest, that could bring major pushes of Neotropical migrants from west of our region into the Carolinas. As a result, we have been in various stages of drought, and the scarcity of westerly winds meant a disappointing spring for notable warblers, for example. The drought did provide sizable mudflats at some lakes, and thus inland shorebirding was more exciting than usual. So, it was a mixed bag for birders, but coastal birding was rather dull owing to a scarcity of unsettled weather. Thankfully, there were enough easterly winds that birders did see some good seabirds from shore and off the Outer Banks on pelagic trips.
I'd like to hear from folks by* June 25*, if possible. Again, *almost all of you submit eBird reports, so those data are already available to me on the website, and thus a big "Thank You" for posting results.*
Harry LeGrand, Brief for the Files editor (for *The Chat*) Raleigh
