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Orangeburg Supersod, Sat 26th



Saturday morning at the main Supersod farm @ I-26/#301 in Orangeburg Co.,
SC:

Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 4
Little Blue Heron 2
Cattle Egret 40+
Turkey Vulture 1
N. Harrier 1-2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 150+ (est., didn't attempt to count the different groups)
Least Sandpiper 2
   distant peep sp. 5
Upland Sandpiper 12+
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Common Snipe 3
American Golden-Plover 3+
Killdeer  50+
Mourning Dove (#?) I missed C. Ground-Dove, but didn't go down the usual
road where they are)
Barn Swallow 20+
Bank Swallow 15+
N. Rough-winged Swallow 10+
Horned Lark 10+ (close to roads and rather tame--beware of the numerous
young larks that are         browner and poorly marked--they look more
pipit-like at a distance.)
Am. Crow 50+
Blue Jay  heard
Loggerhead Shrike 1
N. Mockingbird  5+
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Common Yellowthroat 1 singing
N. Cardinal (#?)
Blue Grosbeak 4 (1 ad. male)
Indigo Bunting 1
Painted Bunting 2 im/female plumage
Field Sparrow 2 (still singing regularly)
Chipping Sparrow 1
E. Towhee 2+
Eur. Starling  60+
Bobolink  (heard flyovers)
Brown-headed Cowbird 75+ nice mixed flock of adults & molting imm.
E. Meadowlark 2

Tim Kalbach
Columbia, SC
grebe@mindspring.com