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100+ Species in SC
- To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: 100+ Species in SC
- From: "Ritch Lilly" <scbeachbums@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:17:38 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hey Carolina Birders!
Although I missed the best three hours of the day, there were still a good
number of birds seen in the Horry and Georgetown County area today.
I started on Punchpole Landing Road (southwestern Horry County) at around
10:00 this morning and found several nice birds. (This road is now
completely dry. It had been under water throughout much of the spring and
summer.) From there, I stopped by the sod farm at Bucksport and found
virtually nothing there. I arrived at the Conway Wastewater Treatment Plant
at approximately 1:00 pm and birded there and along New Road (which is
adjacent to the plant) until 4:00 pm or so. When I got back to the house, I
began to look at my list for the day and realized I might have a shot at 100
species for the day. I then headed back out and checked the Murrells Inlet
area, Sandy Island Road and, of course, Huntington Beach.
In all, 11 Warbler species were seen, as were 6 species of woodpeckers. A
real nice variety of shorebirds were located as well. I was especially
excited to find a Blue-winged Warbler on Punchpole Landing Road. That is a
bird that I rarely see here along the coast. It and an immature
Chestnut-sided Warbler were both new year birds for me in SC. I had never
had a Chestnut-sided Warbler or a Stilt Sandpiper in Horry County prior to
today either.
I was finally able to come up with 115 species for the day. A location key
is given below and the list will follow.
C = Conway Wastewater Treatment Plant (includes New Road area)
F = Forestbrook Road area
H = Huntington Beach State Park
M = Murrells Inlet
P = Punchpole Landing Rd.
S = Sandy Island Road
Pied-billed Grebe H
Brown Pelican H
Double-crested Cormorant H, M
Great Blue Heron H, P
Great Egret H, M
Snowy Egret C, H, M
Little Blue Heron C, H
Tricolored Heron C, H, M
Cattle Egret F
Green Heron H
Black-crowned Night-Heron H
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron H
White Ibis H
Wood Stork H
Black Vulture P
Turkey Vulture C, H, P
Canada Goose F
Mute Swan M
Wood Duck C
Mallard F
Blue-winged Teal H
Northern Shoveler C
Red-breasted Merganser H
Osprey H, M
Bald Eagle H
Red-shouldered Hawk C, P
Red-tailed Hawk C, P
American Kestrel F, P
Merlin H
Clapper Rail H
Black-bellied Plover H
Semipalmated Plover H
Piping Plover H
Killdeer C
American Oystercatcher H, M
Greater Yellowlegs H
Lesser Yellowlegs C, H
Solitary Sandpiper C
Willet H
Spotted Sandpiper C, H
Ruddy Turnstone H
Red Knot H
Sanderling H
Semipalmated Sandpiper C, H
Western Sandpiper C, H
Least Sandpiper C, H
Pectoral Sandpiper C
Stilt Sandpiper C
Short-billed Dowitcher H
Wilson's Snipe C
Laughing Gull H, M
Ring-billed Gull H, M
Herring Gull H, M
Caspian Tern H
Royal Tern H
Forster's Tern H
Black Skimmer H
Rock Dove F, M
Eurasian Collared-Dove M
Mourning Dove C, F, H, M
Yellow-billed Cuckoo C, P
Barred Owl P
Chimney Swift C, P
Ruby-throated Hummingbird F
Belted Kingfisher C, P
Red-headed Woodpecker C, S
Red-bellied Woodpecker C, P
Downy Woodpecker C, P
Red-cockaded Woodpecker S
Northern Flicker C, H, P
Pileated Woodpecker P
Eastern Wood-Pewee P
Empidonax sp. P
Eastern Kingbird C
White-eyed Vireo C, P
Red-eyed Vireo C, P
Blue Jay C, H, P
American Crow C
Tree Swallow C, P
Northern Rough-winged Swallow P
Barn Swallow H
Carolina Chickadee C, P
Tufted Titmouse C, P
Brown-headed Nuthatch F, P, S
Carolina Wren C, P
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher C
Eastern Bluebird H, S
Veery P
Swainson's Thrush P
Gray Catbird C, P
Northern Mockingbird C, H
Brown Thrasher C, P
European Starling M
Blue-winged Warbler P
Northern Parula C, P
Yellow Warbler C
Chestnut-sided Warbler P
Pine Warbler P
Prairie Warbler C
Palm Warbler C
Black-and-white Warbler C, P
American Redstart C, P
Ovenbird P
Common Yellowthroat C, P
Summer Tanager C
Scarlet Tanager C
Eastern Towhee S
Seaside Sparrow H
Northern Cardinal C, H, P
Painted Bunting H
Red-winged Blackbird C
Common Grackle C
Boat-tailed Grackle H, M
Baltimore Oriole C
House Sparrow M
Good Birding!
Ritch Lilly
Myrtle Beach (Horry County), SC
scbeachbums@hotmail.com