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ACE Basin returns & Savannah refuge



Saturday, 7 April, a quick tour of Bear Island, Donnelly WMA's and the
Savannah NWR drive found the following:

Least Bittern 1 (Bear Is.)
Wood Stork 5 (B.I.)
Black-necked Stilts (several pairs, B.I. and Sav. NWR)
Pectoral Sandpipers (Sav)
Eastern Kingbird 5+ (B.I.)
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 (Donnelly)
Red-eyed Vireo 4+
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 2
Bachman's Sparrow 2 (all above at Donnelly)

The conditions at Savannah NWR in certain impoundments (# 16 and back toward
the highway) are ideal for shorebirds--there were lots of both Yellowlegs,
Short-billed Dowitchers, Common Snipe, and Pectoral Sandpipers as well as
colorful Glossy Ibis and Stilts on Saturday afternoon.  Didn't see either
the W-f. Ibis or Limpkin, but both might still be there.

Tim Kalbach
Columbia, SC
grebe@mindspring.com