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Raven roosts in Summerville (just me)



Dear Carolinabirders,
After several months innexile from cyberspace, I am back on line. "Raven"
is my animal name in the men's organization
known as "The ManKind Project" and was once part of my e-mail
address. I'm actually a local, grew up in the wild suburbs of Greenville,
SC with the Mountains as my playground. I know live near the coast in the
little
town of Summerville,SC.
     Lounging at the apartment pool lately, I can count on 3 species to
fly by: Red-headed Woodpecker, House Finch, and Mississipi Kite. The Kites
do breathtaking swoops and then disappear over the pines. Down the street,
at least one Eurasian Collared-Dove is a regular.Summerville, about 11 miles
north of North Charleston, is proud of their trees and gardens, and have
preserved
quite a bit of good habitat.
    On Saturday, John Cusack and I visited Bear Island Game Management Area
in Colleton
County (near Walterboro,SC), where we saw Black Tern, Least Bittern, but few
shorebirds due to high water levels, We were disappointed to find no
Black-necked Stilt,
but had a great day. We examined a freshly road-killed baby alligator and
saw a power line full of Bank, Tree, and Barn Swallows.


On Friday, I visited Savannah WR and found about 10 Purple Gallinules,
one with dependent young. Water levels were high there, too.

  Bird trivia: excuse me if you've heard this one before, it's an old one:
What is the oldest documented bird nesting site in the world? Homer, in the
Odyessy,
describes in detail a Raven nest on Ithaca that existed in 1250 BCE. Is that
the oldest?  Please share your knowledge.

Yours for the birds,
Steve Compton (Raven)