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BIRDING TRIP TO SAVANNAH NWR



One 1/8/2000, Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission (with =
the Honorable John Cottingham at the helm and led by Birder =
Extraordinaire Dr. Dennis Forsythe) conducted a birding trip to Savannah =
NWR.  Here are the results (didn't do counts):

Pied Billed Grebe                                        Double Crested =
Cormorant
Great Blue Heron                                        Great Egret
Snowy Egret                                               Little Blue =
Heron
Tricolored Heron                                          White Ibis
Turkey and Black Vultures                           Gadwall
Blue Winged Teal                                        Green Winged =
Teal
Northern Shoveler                                        Canvasback
Ring necked Duck                                       Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck                                                Bald Eagle
Northern Harriers (a bunch)                           Coopers Hawk (imm)
Red Shouldered Hawks                                Red Tailed Hawks\
American Kestrels                                       Common Moorhen
American Coots                                           Killdeer
Least Sandpiper                                           Common Snipe
Laughing Gull                                               Ring billed =
Gull
Forster's Tern                                               Rock Dove
Mourning Dove                                             Belted =
Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker                               Yellow-bellied =
Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker                                      Northern Flicker =
(Heard only)
Eastern Phoebe                                            Loggerhead =
Shrike
Blue Jay                                                      American =
Crow
Fish Crow                                                    Carolina =
Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse                                            Carolina Wren
House Wren                                                 Golden =
Crowned Kinglet
Ruby Crowned Kinglet                                   Blue-Gray =
Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird                                           American =
Robin
Northern Mockingbird                                    Brown Thrasher
European Starling (always a treat along with Rock Doves)
Yellow Rumped Warbler                                Black and White =
Warbler
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH                       Common Yellowthroat (heard =
only)
Savannah Sparrow                                        Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow                                           Northern =
Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird                                   RUSTY =
BLACKBIRDS(at the entrance)
Common Grackle                                         Boat Tailed =
Grackle

John told us of Fox Sparrow sightings at Caw Caw in Ravenel, SC but time =
didn't permit us going there to see them.  We also had a brief moment of =
excitement as Dr. Dennis (who actually ran to get a better look) thought =
he spotted a Cinnamon Teal in the air.  John and I also got partial =
looks at the birds (white wing patches-not blue or green) but alas we =
just didn't get enough of a good look to make the call.

All in all, a good taste of things to come for the CBC Winter Meeting in =
Beaufort, SC.  Good birding everyone.

Bill Guptill
Charleston, SC
bileeng@worldnet.att.net