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NAMC, Tibwin Plantation, SC



The Tibwin portion of the NAMC was conducted this past Saturday. A total
of 86 species were observed.  Thanks to all who participated, there sure
are not many areas where this number of species can be observed in a few
hours.  Also, for those who did not go to North Tibwin, Jim and I picked
up a good number of additional species as well as good numbers of those
we already counted.  Painted bunting, blue grosbeaks, and indigo
buntings were plentiful.  Here is the list:

Brown pelican
Double-crested cormorant
Anhinga
Great blue heron
Great egret
Snowy egret
Little blue heron
Tricolored heron
Green heron
White ibis (16)
Wood stork (9)
Wood duck
Black vulture
Turkey vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed kite (2)
Mississippi kite (20)
Bald eagle (2 adults)
Northern harrier
Red-shouldered hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Clapper rail
Common moorhen
Black-bellied plover (in breeding plumage)
Semipalmated plover
Killdeer
Greater yellowlegs
Solitary sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper
Willet
Semipalmated sandpiper
Western sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Dunlin (in breeding plumage - 20+)
Laughing gull
Ring-billed gull
Gull-billed tern (5)
Forster's tern
Least tern
Royal tern
Mourning dove
Yellow-billed cuckoo  (13)
Chimney swift
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Belted kingfisher
Red-headed woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker (1 - appeared to be nesting)
Pileated woodpecker
Eastern wood-pewee
Great-crested flycatcher
Eastern kingbird (5)
Purple martin
Barn swallow
Blue jay
American crow
Fish crow
Carolina chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Brown-headed nuthatch (6)
Carolina wren
Marsh wren
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Eastern bluebird
Brown thrasher
White-eyed vireo (9)
Northern parula
Yellow-throated warbler
Pine warbler
Prairie warbler (3)
Black-and-white warbler
Prothonotary warbler
Common yellowthroat (7)
Yellow-breasted chat (8)
Summer tanager (5)
Northern cardinal
Blue grosbeak (6)
Indigo bunting (11)
Painted bunting (16)
Eastern towhee (Florida race)
Red-winged blackbird
Boat-tailed grackle
Common grackle
Brown-headed cowbird
Orchard oriole (4)

Numbers in parentheses indicate totals for  only some of the birds we
observed.  A total of 590 individuals were observed.  This is an
excellent place for birds of shrub/scrub and open habitats, particularly
North Tibwin.  Eleven species of shorebirds were seen.

Craig Watson
Mt. Pleasant, SC
881-2562