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Re: Santee NWR CBC Sets A New Record



on 01-07-02 at 17:43, steve compton wrote:

>Good company, great birds, and the most beautiful land in the world. let's
>all dedicate ourselves to preserving these treasures this year!

I'm with you, brother!

;-)
gary

Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
 Zone 8
walela@sccoast.net
"Never has the earth been so lovely nor the sun so bright, as today..."
(Nikinapi)
-----Original Message-----
From: stephen compton <scompton@sc.rr.com>
To: bglvr@CLEMSON.EDU <bglvr@CLEMSON.EDU>; carolinabirds@duke.edu
<carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Cc: Cathy Jaggars <USMC52@aol.com>
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Santee NWR CBC Sets A New Record


>Great job, Lex on the Santee Count. I hope to get
>up there soon.
>
>This year I did all 5 of the SC Coastal Counts.
>Cathy Jaggars joined me for 4, a darned good number for a first timer.
>
>Some highlights:
>
>Birding in a heavy snowfall at Huntington Beach
>State Park, trying to find ducks in the Sandpiper
>Pond (found a Pintail!). Bald Eagles on every count except Savannah,
watched
>an Eagle
>steal a fish from an Osprey at Tibwin (McClellanville). Swans, White
>Pelicans, Avocets
>at Bear Island (ACE Count), White-crowned Sparrows, Stilt Sandpipers,
Cattle
>Egrets, a
>Redhead at the Spoil Site (Savannah count).
>A Red-tailed Hawk smashing into a Kestrel,
>stealing his prey at Bear Island.
>
>
>Steve Compton
>Summerville,SC
>mailto:scompton@sc.rr.com