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HBSP (10/26) and Horry County (10/27)
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: HBSP (10/26) and Horry County (10/27)
- From: stype@sccoast.net (Steve Thomas)
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 05:35:03 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hello,
Just a word or two on some notables from the weekend -
As Jack Peachey's latest HBSP missive (last week) would have predicted, the
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows are now present in the ususal numbers at
HBSP. We saw over a dozen at high tide at the base of the jetty. Also
with them was a single Seaside Sparrow.
Quite possibly there was a Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow there, too. It
looked like a Nelson's from the back (drab, without white streaking), but
had too much obvious streaking on the breast for me to be comfortable with
calling it that (with lots of Saltmarsh S-t sparrows around). If you know
these two species, would you please tell me if the characteristic back is
indicative for Nelson's?
Other "winter" birds we saw at HBSP included:
a Gannet, a scaup (Lesser, I reckon), Bufflehead, Common Loon, and a flight
of 16 Black Scoters. Also, we watched a Merlin at play with Tree Swallows.
On Sunday AM, our Hardwick Road (Horry County) walk included an
Orange-crowned warbler and a slightly late Yellow-breasted Chat.
Steve
Stephen Thomas
stype@sccoast.net
Aynor, SC