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Re: HBSP on 11-3



In addition to the birds listed in Jack's report I/we had some additional
birds. Some were seen early along the entrance road, some seen late on the
marsh boardwalk, and some were omitted. All in all, an enjoyable day.

Snowy Egret 3
White-winged Scoter 1 (Fly by at Jetty)
Scoter Sp. 20 +/-  (           "                   )
Bald Eagle 1
Clapper Rail 2
Piping Plover 5
Red Knot
Blue Jay 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-eyed Vireo 1

Ken Allen
Temple Terrace, FL
kena@gte.net

-----Original Message-----
From: John Peachey <ppaw@sccoast.net>
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu <carolinabirds@duke.edu>;
huntington_beach_sp@prt.state.sc.us <huntington_beach_sp@prt.state.sc.us>
Date: Sunday, November 04, 2001 4:52 AM
Subject: HBSP on 11-3


>
>Hi Carolinabirders,
> On Saturday, Nov 3, I went to Huntington Beach S.P., Murrells Inlet,
>Georgetown County, SC.  There I met Ken Allen from Florida and we birded
>together covering in order the jetty and jetty ponds, area behind the
>secondary dunes, carriage path and causeway. 53 species were seen between
>the two of us.
>
>Common Loon-3
>Pied-billed Grebe-8
>Horned Grebe-1 in Mullet Pond
>N. Gannet-1 seen by Ken
>Brown Pelican-15
>Double-Crested Cormorant-40
>Great Blue Heron-3
>Great Egret-2
>Little Blue Heron-1 white immature
>Tricolored Heron-3
>White Ibis-2
>Wood Stork-seen by Ken before I arrived
>Hooded Merganser-seen by Ken before I arrived
>Osprey-1 to 4
>N. Harrier-2
>Accipiter sp-1
>Am. Coot-10
>Black-bellied Plover-22
>Semipalmated Plover-104
>Am Oystercatcher-2
>Greater Yellowlegs-2 vocalizing flyovers
>Willet-1
>Ruddy Turnstone-19
>Sanderling-4
>Western Sandpiper-8
>Least Sandpiper-8
>peep sp-10
>Purple Sandpiper-1 flyover on the jetty
>Dunlin-145
>Short-billed Dowitcher-145
>Laughing Gull-4
>Ring-billed Gull-3
>Herring Gull-3
>Caspian Tern-1
>Royal Tern-12
>Sandwich Tern-7
>Forster's Tern-4
>Black Skimmer-35+
>Belted Kingfisher-1
>N. Flicker-seen by Ken
>Carolina Wren-1 heard only
>House Wren-1 heard only
>Kinglet sp-1 heard only
>N. Mockingbird-2
>Brown Thrasher-1
>Yellow-rumped Warbler-20
>N. Cardinal-2
>Indigo Bunting-1 female type seen by Ken
>Savannah Sparrow-5
>Song Sparrow-3
>Swamp Sparrow-5
>White-throated Sparrow-1
>Red-winged Blackbird-15
>Boat-tailed Grackle-1
>
>Good birding, good company
>
>Jack
>
>
>
>Jack Peachey
>Conway, SC