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Magnolia Plantation Birdwalk



The following are highlights of the 3 hour Sunday morning birdwalk at
Magnolia Plantation at 3550 Ashley River Road ( highway 61 ) northwest of
Charleston, SC led by Perry Nugent at 8:30 am.

February 16, 2003

63 species were seen and/or heard on a cold, wet and windy day.  The most
interesting were; 1 Green Heron, 2 Black-crowned Night Herons, 3 Great Blue
Herons on nests, 1 female Ruddy Duck, 1 Osprey, 2 Northern Harriers, 1
Coopers Hawk, 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 4 Pileated
Woodpeckers, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 3 Eastern Bluebirds, 5 Dark-eyed
Juncos, 30 Rusty Blackbirds, and 2 adult male and 1 female Baltimore
Orioles.

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