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Magnolia Plantation birdwalk



The following are highlights of the 3 hour Sunday morning birdwalk at
Magnolia Plantation at 3550 Ashley River Road ( highway 61 ) northwest of
Charleston, SC led by Perry Nugent at 8:30 am. a fee is charged.

June 22, 2003

52 species were seen and/or heard on a nice day. The most interesting were;
20 Pied-billed Grebes many babies, 5 Least Bitterns, 2 Great Blue Herons, 40
Great Egrets, 20 Snowy Egrets, 15 Cattle Egrets, 60 Little Blue Herons, 15
Tri-colored Herons, 6 Green Herons, 10 Black-crowned Night Herons, 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, all of these herons and egrets have very visible
babies, 100+ Wood Ducks many babies, 1 Hooded Merganser this female
merganser has problems with her wing feathers and can not fly otherwise she
seems to be doing well, 3 Red-shouldered Hawks with fledglings, 100+ Common
Moorhens many babies, 3 American Coots with babies, 20 Least Terns, 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds with fledglings, 2 Prothonotary Warblers, 1 Blue
Grosbeak, and 1 Painted Bunting.