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Hunting Beach St. Pk.



The following are the highlights of the Charleston County Parks birdwalk to
Huntington Beach State Park led on January 16, 2003 by Perry Nugent.

86 species were seen and/or heard by one or more of the 9 participants on a
cold, but nice day.   The most interesting were; 20 Common Loon, 4 Northern
Shovelers, 20 Gadwalls, 10 American Wigeon, 15 Redheads, 2 Ring-necked
Ducks, 20 Lesser Scaup, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 25 Black Scoters, 1 Surf Scoter,
1 Common Golden-eye, 30 Buffleheads, 40 Hooded Mergansers, 20 Red-breasted
Mergansers, 20 Ruddy Ducks, 1 first year Bald Eagle, 1 Northern Harrier, 2
Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 4 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 American
Kestrel, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Black-bellied Plovers, 6
Semipalmated Plovers, 7 Piping Plovers, 4 Killdeer, 2 American
Oystercatchers, 70 Ruddy Turnstones, 10 Red Knots, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 1
Greater Black-backed Gull, 2 Cave Swallows, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, and 1
Palm Warbler.

Perry E. Nugent
Charleston, SC
nugentpc@earthlink.net