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HBSP on 10-27




Hi Carolinabirders,
	Today, I met Bob Maxwell at Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet,
Georgetown County, SC.  From 1:30PM to 4 PM we birded the jetty and jetty
pond and a short stretch of the carriage path. 40 species id'd plus a
teasing possibility. Cool afternoon with temps in the low 60's and rather
brisk northwest winds. Had hoped for loons, Horned Grebe, Short-eared Owl
but no luck.
Pied-billed Grebe-3
Brown Pelican-10
Double-crested Cormorant-140
Great Blue Heron-2
Great Egret-3
Snowy Egret-3
Tricolored Heron-2
White Ibis-3
Osprey-4
Common Moorhen-3
Am. Coot-3
Black-bellied Plover-2
Semipalmated Plover-1
Piping Plover-2 one was a "ringed" individual blue band above left foot,
silver band above right foot.
Willet-2
Ruddy Turnstone-16
Sanderling-4
Least Sandpiper-3
Dunlin-27
Laughing Gull-1
Ring-billed Gull-10
Caspian Tern-2
Royal Tern-3
Mourning Dove-2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1
Tree Swallow-1200 who knows there were lots of them
House Wren-1 heard only
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-3
Gray Catbird-1
N. Mockingbird-1
Brown Thrasher-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-70
Palm Warbler-2
Common Yellowthroat-1
N. Cardinal-2
E. Towhee-2 heard only
Song Sparrow-1
Swamp Sparrow-1
unidentified sparrow possibly a first winter Clay-colored. It was on the jetty
and didn't give us long looks.
White-throated Sparrow-10

Fair birding, good company

Jack  

Jack Peachey
Conway, SC