HBSP on Dec. 4

[Jack Peachey <ppaw@sccoast.net>]

Hi Carolinabirders,
	Yesterday, Dec. 4 in the afternoon, Paul Rogers and I birded at Huntington
Beach S.P., Georgetown County, SC, after a glance into Mullet Pond and the
marsh at high tide we proceeded to the North Parking lot and walked to the
jetty pond and jetty. Our hope was for scoters and long-tailed duck but no
luck. 32 species as follows:
Common Loon-12+
Horned Grebe-3
N. Gannet-10
Brown Pelican-30
Great Cormorant-3 on the channel marker at the end of the jetty
Double-crested Cormorant-30
Great Blue Heron-2
Great Egret-1 
Snowy Egret-1
Hooded Merganser-8 in Mullet Pond
Turkey Vulture-2
Bald Eagle-1 immature lots of white in the forewing from underneath it was
seen over Mullet Pond and the marsh.
Merlin-1 flushed the shorebirds at the jetty pond
Am. Coot-15
Black-bellied Plover-4
Semipalmated Plover-23
Piping Plover-10 Didn't see the banded bird
Willet-15 all in a group near the jetty
Ruddy Turnstone-38
Red Knot-2 in with the Willet
Sanderling-13
Purple Sandpiper-21
Dunlin-451 actual count for the WASA survey
Short-billed Dowitcher-108
Laughing Gull-2
Ring-billed Gull-30
Herring Gull-15 vast majority first winter birds
Great Black-backed Gull-on north jetty.  
Forster's Tern-1 fishing over Mullet Pond
Mourning Dove-5
Gray Catbird-5 all vocalizing the catlike "meow" at dusk near the north
parking lot.
Yellow-rumped Warbler-2 heard only.  The mob of Yellow-rumps formerly in
the myrtle near the North parking lot seem to have moved on with the cold
weather of the last two weeks
Common Grackle-1 Where did the Boat-tailed go?

Good company, Good birding.

Jack





Jack Peachey
Conway, SC