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Caw Caw Park Ravenel, SC birdwalks
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Caw Caw Park Ravenel, SC birdwalks
- From: "Perry Nugent" <perryandchrisnugent@prodigy.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:20:48 -0400
- Organization: Prodigy Internet
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
The following are highlights of the early Morning Birdwalks at Charleston
County's Caw Caw Park in Ravenel, SC led by Perry Nugent every Wednesday and
Saturday at 8:30 am.
July 3, 2002. 56 species were seen and/or heard. The most interesting were;
4 Mississippi Kites, 14 American Avocets in breeding plumage, 1Immature
Hairy Woodpecker ( two families were raised at the park this spring ), 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers ( one female is on a nest ), 16 Painted Buntings, and
1 Orchard Oriole.
July 6, 2002 55 species were seen and/or heard. The most interesting were;
5 Glossy Ibis, 6 Ospreys, 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 1 Northern Flicker, 1
White-breasted Nuthatch, 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers ( Female still on nest ),
1 Blue Grosbeak, 4 Indigo Buntings, 8 Painted Buntings And 1 Immature
Eastern Towhee.
July 10, 2002 50 species were seen. The most interesting were; 3
Mississippi Kites, 2 adult and 2 immature Swallow-tailed Kites, 2 Ospreys, 3
Spotted Sandpipers, 10 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers ( female still on nest ), 30
Eastern Bluebirds ( many young ), 1 Loggerhead Shrike, 1 Yellow-throated
Vireo, 3 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 2 immature Pine
Warblers, 2 Summer Tanagers, 1 Blue Grosbeak, 2 Indigo Buntings, and 6
Painted Buntings ( have not seen any banded birds yet ).