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Re: W. Horry County - 16 & 17 Feb



Hey Steve,
    Wish I had gone with you yesterday.  At any rate Mourning Doves
typically raise 2-3 broods a year and occasionally 3-6!  (Birders Handbook)
Egg dates for the NY Metropolitan Area are March 20 to August 25.  (Birds of
the NY Area) Egg dates for SC are: Feb. 10 to the last week of December.
(Status & Distribution of SC Birds.)  I simply love John Bull's "Birds of
the NY Area" for its great species accounts.  He is one of my ornithology
heroes.  I 'm wondering is he still alive?

Jack Peachey
Conway, SC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Thomas" <stype@sccoast.net>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: W. Horry County - 16 & 17 Feb


> Yesterday (16 Feb) was pretty good in our neighborhood.  On Hardwick Road,
> Horry County SC,  notables included:
>
> Horned Larks - 2 or 4
> American Pipits  - 24 or so (wouldn't have found them if they hadn't
flown)
> Vesper Sparrows - 4
> Lots of "regulars"
>
>
> This morning we took the "big square" off of Hardwick Road.  The only
> notables there were a pair of Common Ground Doves in their more-or-less
> usual location.
>
> Barbara was surprised to find a freshly discarded Mourning Dove egg shell
> in the front yard.  It's cut nicely in half (as opposed to having been
> predated).  We were thinking it's a bit early for nesting.  Comments?
>
>
> Good birding,
>
> St.
>
> Stephen Thomas
> stype@sccoast.net
> Aynor, SC
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