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Congaree Creek, Lexington Co., SC on 8 Oct



This morning I birded the Old Brickponds Trail at Congaree Creek Heritage
Preserve in Cayse, Lexington Co., SC. The weather was overcast, cool (50
degrees F.), and windy, but I still found a nice selection of migrants.

I parked at the Cayse boat ramp (official name is Thomas H. Newman Public
Boat Landing) and walked the half mile or so to the trail head, so my list
has a few open country species seen along the way to the trail, which goes
through thick second growth floodplain forest. While I did not actually
record a Yellow-rumped Warbler the species I found indicate that the end of
the warbler migration is upon us.

Here is my list for Congaree Creek HP and vicinity, Sunday, 8 Oct 2000:

Mourning Dove -- 12
Chimney Swift -- 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker -- 4
Downy Woodpecker -- 2
Hairy Woodpecker -- 1
Northern Flicker -- 3
Pileated Woodpecker -- 1
Eastern Phoebe -- 4
Blue Jay -- 3
American Crow -- 1
Carolina Chickadee -- 8
Tufted Titmouse -- 10
White-breasted Nuthatch -- 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch -- 2
Eastern Bluebird -- 8
American Robin -- 2
Gray Catbird -- 1
Northern Mockingbird -- 1
Brown Thrasher -- 2
European Starling -- 8
Tennessee Warbler -- 2
Magnolia Warbler -- 4
Black-throated Green Warbler -- 1
Pine Warbler -- 6
Palm Warbler -- 1
Bay-breasted Warbler -- 2
Black-and-white Warbler -- 3
American Redstart -- 8
Common Yellowthroat -- 2
Eastern Towhee -- 3
Northern Cardinal -- 12
Indigo Bunting -- 1
Eastern Meadowlark -- 1
Common Grackle -- 250
House Finch -- 5

Since this area is in the Columbia CBC circle it will be interesting to drop
by from time to time and see how things change between now and mid December.

Robin Carter
Columbia, SC
rcarter@sc.rr.com