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migrants in the lower Piedmont, SC




Quite a few new arrivals this weekend.  Ruby-throated Hummingbirds finally
showed up on Saturday, 4/7. This is the latest arrival date I've ever had
for them.  But the individual birds who have arrived are in much better
shape than the usual first arrivals.  It made me wonder if they lingered on
the Gulf Coast and fattened up a bit before heading north.  This year's
first arrivals are in beautiful feather and almost fat, not the disheveled
underweight waifs who are the usual first arriving hummingbirds.

I heard a single "WHHEEEEEPP" yesterday afternoon in the woods behind the
house that I identified as Great Crested Flycatcher but the call was not
repeated. 

Chimney Swifts were spotted on Sunday.  They are pretty much on time, just
a few days behind their usual arrival date of April 5.

While I didn't find any new arrivals among the singers around the house
this morning, there were several new arrivals among the singers along the
birdy backroads this morning.  While the first creekbottom I stopped at
held a winter-resident (?) Blue-headed Vireo this morning, the second
creekbottom held a newly arrived Red-eyed Vireo and a newly arrived Hooded
Warbler.  Also in the chorus this morning were many Parulas,
Yellow-throated Warblers, and White-eyed Vireos at both stops.  The song
was so nice this morning I am not sure why I didn't call in to work with
some excuse to be late...

A very few minutes of nocturnal listening this morning turned up only
Spring Peepers and a Fowler's Toad or two.



  
Donna S. Bailey		
Winnsboro, SC

e-mail: dsbailey@conterra.com

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	Where are the Birds?  Migration across South Carolina