new rd. and conway sewage ponds, 12-21

["Gary Phillips" <axis1@sccoast.net>]

Hello y'all,
    Toured New Rd. and the Conway sewage ponds this afternoon. In spite of
the nice cool weather, there remains a dearth of ducks 'round these parts.
Today's balmy conditions (sunny, 50ºF) produced a surprising number of
warblers (7 spp.), including a cpl of nifty birds: a male Wilson's (lifer!)
and a Nashville (yeah, I know...but this bird was way cooperative in great
light for about 3 minutes, disappeared for awhile, then came back to the
same area)  along with the more likely suspects. Seven warbler spp. in Dec.;
go figure. Here's the list:

Great Blue Heron - 5
Great Egret - 9
Snowy Egret - 1
White Ibis - 1 adult
Gadwall - 2
Ring-necked - 3
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded Merganser - 22
TV - 1
Sharpie - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 imm.
Am. Coot - 1 (strange days indeed)
Killdeer - 6
Gr. Yellowlegs - 7
L. Yellowlegs - 2
Least Sandpiper - 16
C. Snipe - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - ~50
Ring-billed Gull - 12
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-headed Wp. - 5
Red-bellied Wp. - 2
Y-b Sapsucker - 1
Downy Wp. - 1
N. Flicker - 3
Pileated Wp. - 2 (one being harrassed by a juv. Red-headed)
E. Phoebe - 2
Tree Swallow - 1
Blue Jay - 2
C. Chickadee - 3
T. Titmouse - 5
B-h Nuthatch - 2
C. Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 1
G-c Kinglet - 2
R-c Kinglet - 6
B-g Gnatcatcher - 1
Hermit Thrush - 3
N. Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2
Nashville W. - 1
Yellow-rumped W. - 20+
Pine W. - 1
Palm W. - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (1 m, 2 f)
WILSON'S WARBLER - 1 male  (Woohoo!)
N. Cardinal - 5
E. Towhee - 1
Song Sp. - many
Swamp Sp. - not quite as many
White-throated Sp. - many
R-w Blackbird - 2
C. Grackle - 18

Cheers,
Gary

Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
 Zone 8
axis1@sccoast.net
'"Oh frabjous day! Callooh, Callay!' he chortled in his joy." (Carroll)