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- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- From: "Robert C. Perkins" <rperkins@infi.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:10:27 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
This morning I headed south to do what I hoped would be a decent
inventory of the birds at the Little Pee Dee State Park east of
Dillon, SC. I'll need to go back sometime when the wind isn't
blowing because the small birds mostly weren't flying. The park
doesn't open until 9 a.m. and I got there about 8, so I backtracked a
half mile or so to a small creek I had spotted on my way in. Then at
9 I went into the park, checked the lake, and walked the Beaver Pond
Nature Trail. Here is my tally for the area:
red-tailed hawk
red-shouldered hawk
Amerian kestrel (3)
pileated woodpecker
loggerhead shrike
kingfisher
yellow-rumped warbler
ruby-crowned kinglet
American crows
Carolina chickadee
Canada geese
American wigeon (6-8)
ring-necked ducks (small flock)
hooded mergansers (2)
pied-billed grebes (2)
Since I was already out and had time, I drove west to
Bennettsville to bird Lake Paul Wallace. On the way I saw at least
three red-tailed hawks plus some odds and ends. I checked Lake
Wallace from the middle and then from both ends. Here's the list:
mallards
northern shovelers (a dozen or more)
hooded mergansers (4)
ruddy ducks (more than a dozen, spread out widely)
pied-billed grebes (2)
American coots (many)
double-crested cormorants (6-12)
kingfisher
killdeer
Bonaparte's gull
I saw some other gulls that I couldn't identify properly, but I
thought those were ring-bills. I watched the Bonaparte's hunting
over the water, first through binoculars and then through my scope.
It was an adult in winter dress and the white wedges in the wings
were clearly visible.
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu