Date: 6/12/26 5:22 pm From: Sandy Cash (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Garganey and the Demise of the Listserve
I’m late to this discussion, but the Green-breasted Mango we had over 25
years ago in Concord is my favorite nationally rare species we’ve had in
NC. At least one of the major field guides makes a passing reference to
that specific bird.
-Sandy
Sandy Cash
Carrboro, NC, USA
On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM Steve Shultz <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> The booby was an amazing inland bird!
>
> From an ABA perspective, they are fairly easy since they breed in Hawaii.
> I choose not to count Hawaii birds on my ABA list, but others do, and the
> rules allow. Otherwise, there have been about a hundred accepted
> continental records for that species.
>
> The bluetail is an amazing record too! … but my post was about nationally
> rare birds found in NC 😉
>
> Steve Shultz
>
>
> > On Jun 10, 2026, at 1:06 PM, Robert Lewis <rfermat...> wrote:
> >
> > Steve Shultz wrote:
> >
> >> But back to the Garganey. There is one being seen at Pea Island in Dare
> County (found by Audrey Whitlock.) It’s an amazing find. This is perhaps
> the rarest chasable bird to grace North Carolina in a decade. Most “rare
> birds” aren’t. They are locally rare, slightly late, slightly early, or
> uncommon. This duck is rare. It is continentally rare. Virtually no one in
> NC has seen one in NC, and few have seen one in the United States,
> especially an alternate plumaged drake. It’s a big deal*.
> >
> > No doubt it's a great record. But I don't think it is quite as rare as
> Steve suggests. There are about 100 records in North America outside of
> Alaska, and 80 in Alaska. Furthermore, a pattern is beginning to appear of
> the bird appearing in the East in late May - early June. Now, Red-flanked
> Bluetail -- that's RARE!
> >
> > Personally, I still think the Red-footed Booby of a few years ago in
> Wake County is truly amazing. There are only two inland records in North
> America. (The other was in Alabama.) And yes, it was chaseable. I chased
> it! So did dozens of others.
> >
> > Bob Lewis
> > Durham NC
>
