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Aiken County migrants and Henslow's



Hi folks,       reply to capito@hotmail.com (not skua99)

Migrants this week at the Savannah River Station in Aiken County, SC include 
the following:

1 Loui. Waterthrush
2 Northern Waterthrush
many Parula
3 Black and White Warbler
1 Yellowthroated Warbler
1 Pine warbler with nesting material
1 Yellow-th. Vireo
many Gnatcatchers
many Tree Swallows

On Monday a pair of Henslow's Sparrows were trying to stay dry on a grassy 
roadside. I was surprised that I found them where they were. The grass + 
road width was only 35 meters and the grassy section was only 24 meters wide 
(then thick forest). I suspected that they might have been migrants put down 
by the bad weather, so I checked the area w/Tracey on Wed. and we relocated 
them easily. She got to within 2m of one. The bill size was intermediate on 
both birds so I wouldn't say which population they might be from. I'll look 
again on Mon.

Also on Mon... a Hermit Thrush in the road every 300 meters for a large 
portion of the Savannah River Station. They don't seem to be there today nor 
for the last few days.

Cheers
Paul Champlin
New Ellenton, SC
capito@hotmail.com
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