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mts., including evidence of nesting. Sightings 
in the Piedmont this fall included a pair in 
Davie, NC 13 Sep (HL et al.) and one in Hick- 
ory, NC 19 Sep (DM). Cave Swallows again 
roamed the Region, with singles at James 1., 
SC 27 Oct (DF), at Altamaha W.M.A., GA 30 
Oct OG) and 24 OSp) & 25 Nov QS), at Eu- 
faula N.W.R., GA 1 Nov 0F1)> and at the S.S.S. 
26 Nov (SC et al); 2 were at Cape Hatteras, 
NC 6 Nov (BB); 3 were at both Figure Eight I., 
NC 30 Oct (DC) and at Pine Knoll Shores, NC 
11 Nov (]F); and a high count of 12 came 
from Wfls/iiiigton, NC 5 Nov (RD), Vagrants of 
the sw. subspecies pallida (pelodoma) have 
been increasing in recent years in late fall; as is 
true in the Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-At- 
lantic states, these autumn visitors frequently 
succumb to cold weather in this Region, ex- 
emplihed 19 Nov by a group of 6 at Ft. Macon, 
NC, which roosted piled upon one another in 
freezing temperatures: 2 had succumbed be- 
fore morning and were taken as specimens 
(RN, *NCMNS). A Bicknells Thrush passing 
through Weymouth Woods, NC 3 Oct (b., 
SCa) provided the state’s 3rd documented 
record; notably, this species is an annual mi- 
grant in the Region but virtually impossible to 
identify when not singing unless captured and 
measured. A Sprague’s Pipit was an unexpect- 
ed rare hnd at the S.S.S. 29 Oct (ph. SC). 
Warbler migration was generally reported 
to be quite productive this fall, with many lo- 
cal hotspots hosting a good diversity of birds 
and a few sought-after rarities. A major move- 
ment of Tennessee Warblers lasted several 
days at Henderson Park, GA, with a new state 
high count of 112 established 5 Oct (HG); a 
count of 4 Nashville Warblers was notable 
there 4 Oct (PB). Quite impressive were 212 
Yellow Warblers tallied at the S.S.S. 8 Aug 
(SC). A late Cape May Warbler was found in 
Browns Summit, NC 22 Nov (ph. JM). A Kirt- 
land’s Warbler was an exciting discovery in 
Transylvania, NC 1 Oct and represented the 
4th state record (acc., N&BS). Sightings of 
Blackpoll Warblers, rare in fall s. of North 
Carolina’s Outer Banks, included singles at 
Myrtle Beach S.P, SC 29 Sep QP^)- Jekyll I., 
GA 4 Oct (SW), and Little St. Simons 1., GA 
12 Oct (CS et al). Both very late and very rare 
for the coast was a Cerulean Warbler spotted 
on St. Catherine’s I., GA 27 Sep (fide GK). 
Rarely detected in the fall season, a Swain- 
son’s Warbler was still singing in Muscogee, 
GA 3 Sep (WC). Connecticut Warblers were 
reported at Henderson Park, GA 3 Oct (TH) 
and Greensboro, NC 10 Oct (HL); the former 
sighting was very unusual, given that most 
birds likely depart from the middle Atlantic 
coast on a direct flight to S. America. There 
were seven sightings of Mourning Warblers 
Tropical Storm Fay displaced many seabirds in August 2008, some of which turned up on Georgia's beaches. This exhausted 
Bridled Tern was found on Jekyli Island on 23 August. Photograph by Steve Stokes. 
Representing the third state record, this adult male Broad-billed Hummingbird present throughout the period in New Bern, 
North Carolina had wintered (and been banded) in South Carolina the previous year! Photograph by John Ennis. 
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