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Congaree Swamp, May 9
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Congaree Swamp, May 9
- From: Jerrold Griggs <griggs@math.sc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:12:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Congaree Swamp National Monument, Columbia, SC
Bird List for May 9, 2001 (8:45-11:15am, clear, 65-75 degs.)
Yesterday was a beautiful, mild day to stroll at Congaree Swamp. I was
very impressed with the new Visitor's Center and the reconfiguration of
the boardwalk from the Center to the old boardwalks. I only caught the
tail end of the early morning activity. There was disappointingly little
activity in the way of migrants. Perhaps I just overlooked them. I believe
I heard an Ovenbird. The only noteworthy sighting was a Sharp-shinned Hawk
flying high overhead, some ten days later than the range on Robin Carter's
checklist for Congaree.
I heard at least three Swainson's Warblers singing, one very close to the
boardwalk, but never got a good look at one. A foraging Summer Tanager
couple was the visual highlight of the morning, besides the expected
close-up views of singing Prothonotary Warblers.
The Climbing Hydrangeas are blooming everywhere now. Many trees are bare
of leaves, just like the winter, due to the abundant Forest Tent Caterpillars
which were said to favor Tupelo and Sweet Gum trees. It was a great morning
for skinks and butterflies, including many Mourning Cloaks.
I'm sure Simon Thompson and the group he led at Congaree yesterday
from FENCE have more to report. He said they saw Mississippi Kites, for one.
Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bil. Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
E. Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
N. Parula
Yellow-throated Warb.
Pine Warbler
Ovenbird
Prothonotary Warb.
Swainson's Warb.
Louisiana Waterthrush heard three
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler just one, heard at Visitor's Center
Summer Tanager
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Brown-h. Cowbird
Jerry Griggs j@sc.edu
Columbia, SC