Land-based Birds Off Carolina Coast 
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Falconiformes 
Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ): 21 June 1985 (4), 30 September 1979. 
Northern Harrier ( Circus cyaneus ): 4 October 1980, Chat 45:54. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter striatus ): 29 September 1979, 30 
September 1979, 1 October 1979 (2), 12 October 1975. 
American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ): Fall, Kerlinger et al. 1983. 
Merlin ( Falco columbarius ): 10 September 1979, 30 September 
1979. 
Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ): 28 September 1979; 30 
September 1979; 2 October 1979; 4 October 1980, Chat 45:54; 
7 October 1985 (SC); 20 October 1982. 
Gruiformes 
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris ): 1 September 1979. 
King Rail ( Rallus elegans ): 9 September 1979, ca. 50 miles E Core 
Banks. 
Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrula martinica ): 19 August 1978. 
American Coot ( Fulica americana ): 12 October 1975, 16 October 
1979. 
Charadriiformes 
Black-bellied Plover ( Pluvialis squatarola ): 27 August 1979 (5). 
Lesser Golden-Plover ( Pluvialis dominica ): 8 September 1979 (7), 
15 October 1979. 
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus): 1 September 1979, 
1 September 1984 (2). 
Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca ): 31 July 1984 (flock), 24 
August 1979 (9). 
Solitary Sandpiper ( Tringa solitaria ): 27 August 1979 (SC), 28 
August 1979 (2), 1 September 1979 (2). 
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)'. 16 August 1984 (flock). 
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia ): 1 September 1985 (SC). 
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus): 19 May 1982. 
Ruddy Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres ): 16 May 1979, 8 September 
1979. 
Red Knot ( Calidris canutus ): August 1984 (flock). 
Sanderling ( Calidris alba): 22 May 1980, 7 September 1979 (4). 
Semipalmated Sandpiper ( Calidris pusilla ): 1 September 1979, 1 
September 1985 (SC). 
Least Sandpiper ( Calidris minutilla ): 8 May 1980, 24 August 1979, 
1 September 1979. 
Stilt Sandpiper ( Calidris himantopus ): 24 August 1979. 
Short-billed Dowitcher ( Limnodromus griseus ): 28 August 1979; 4 
October 1980, Chat 45:54. [Dowitcher sp.: 24 August 1979 
(10)]. 
