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Sandhills and Tundras
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Sandhills and Tundras
- From: "Lloyd Moon" <lmoon@sc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:07:02 -0500
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Three Sandhill Cranes reported at Santee National Wildlife Refuge (Bluff
Unit) about a week ago were still there this morning. Also:
Canada Goose 300+
Snow Goose 1
Green-winged Teal 200+
Ring-necked Duck 150+
American Widgeon 50+
Gadwall 20
Mallard 16
Northern Pintail 15
Northern Shoveler 7
Hooded Merganser 6
Lesser Scaup 2
Redhead 1
Ring-billed Gull 50+
Forster's Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
At Potato Creek (also Santee NWR):
Common Moorhen 30+
Pied-billed Grebe 10
Ring-billed Gull 40+
Forster's Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Near Stateburg in western Sumter County SC there were 11 Tundra Swans today
at the location where two were reported here 11/10/02. The only other
waterfowl present today were four Hooded Mergansers along with 350+
Ring-billed Gulls. There was a single Common Merganser at this location
12/3/02 in the company of six male and one female Hooded Mergansers. There
are also two Bald Eagles which are often present--a first (I believe) year
and an adult. The juvenile is a very proficient fisherman--today I watched
him grab on the fly three fish on three passes, taking each to his personal
pine tree to eat. The local Osprey got only one fish in two plunges--but it
was a big one.
Lloyd Moon
Sumter, S. C.
lmoon@sc.rr.com