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Congaree Swamp on 7 April 2002



Hi C-Birders,

Yesterday afternoon I hiked the Kingsnake Trail at Congaree Swamp National
Monument, Richland Co., SC, all the way from the canoe landing to the
Oakridge Trail and back. What a great spring day! I saw or heard hundreds of
birds, including a lot of newly arrived neotropical migrants, but oddly I
had no flycatchers at all. The Eastern Phoebes have left and the Great
Crested Flycatchers have not yet arrived. Non-feathered fliers included a
blue gazillion zebra swallowtails, pearl crescents and lots of other
flutterbys that I do not know. The paw paw and the golden ragwort are both
in flower. What a day!

Here is my bird species list:

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -- fishing in a slough
Wood Duck
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Barred Owl -- at least 8 calling from all parts of the swamp
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird -- only one
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Common Grackle

Robin Carter
Columbia, SC
rcarter@sc.rr.com