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Magnolia Plantatiion 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.  A fee is charged.

June 8, 2003.

51 species were seen and/or heard on a nice day.  The most interesting were;
20 Pied-billed Grebes ( many Babies ), 25+ Anhingas, 15 Least Bitterns,  6
Black-crowned Night Herons, 2 Yellow-crowned Night Herons, 50+ Wood Ducks
with babies, 1 Hooded Merganser, 100+ Common Moorhens many with babies, 6
American Coots including 3 babies, 50 Least terns, 1 yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2
Parula Warblers, 1 Prothonotary Warbler, 4 Painted Buntings, and 1 Orchard
Oriole.

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