Date: 6/14/26 6:11 am From: Kent Fiala (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Garganey and the Demise of the Listserve
I took a day off from work to chase the mango, one of I believe only two times I ever did that. We found the mango immediately upon arrival, so then I thought, now what do I do with this whole day? So I went to see a Vermilion Flycatcher in Goldsboro that was also being talked about on Carolinabirds.
Kent Fiala
On 6/12/2026 11:54 PM, Steve Shultz (via carolinabirds Mailing List) wrote: > The mango was amazing. After this record there was a pattern of > vagrancy even up to the Midwest. It has not been repeated however. > This was probably the most incredible bird ever seen in NC. Honored > to have seen it. > > Steve Shultz > > >> On Jun 12, 2026, at 8:42 PM, Rob G <carolinabirds...> wrote: >> >> >> re: the Green-breasted Mango: Yeah, that was a spectacular find, but >> (and merely my speculation) I never believed it got here under its >> own power -- I once worked for a company that dealt with large cargo >> trucks hauling tropical plants from south to north -- birds flew into >> and out of those trucks pretty regularly... I imagine the Mango >> entered such a hauler way south somewhere (and got trapped) and when >> the truck arrived in say Charlotte(?), and the back gate opened, out >> it flew! FWIW. >> >> -- Rob Gluck.... Carrboro, NC. >> >> >> On Friday, June 12, 2026 at 08:22:51 PM EDT, Sandy Cash (via >> carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> wrote: >> >> >> 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 >>
