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Magnolia Plantation birdwalk



The following are highlights of the three 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.

March 23, 2003
61 species were seen and/or heard on a cloudy day.  The most interesting
were; 2 Cattle Egrets, 15 Black-crowned Night Herons, 12 Wood Ducks, 2
Gadwalls, 1 adult Bald Eagle, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 6 purple Martins, 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 5 White-eyed Vireos, 3 Blue-headed Vireos, 3
Northern Parula Warblers, 2 Yellow-throated Warblers, and 2 Pine Warblers.
There are many herons, egrets and Anhingas nesting in the Audubon Swamp
rookery.

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