santee coastal reserve, 1/30

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

Hi y'all,
    Had an appointment in McClellanville this afternoon, so went early and
wandered 'round SCR for awhile this a.m. Picked up a few more spp. for the
year (at 140 now. One day left in Jan.!) The Pintail Party that Steve
Compton saw a few days ago is still going on. There were a few hundred in
the first two impoundments this morning. Here 'tis:

P-b Grebe - many
D-c Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron - 1 adult
Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis - 1
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
N. Pintail - lots!
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Ring-necked
Bufflehead
BV - 1
TV - 5
Bald Eagle - 3 imm.
N. Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Rail sp. - 1 tiny guy seen slipping into darkness
Am. Coot - numerous
Gr. Yellowlegs - 1 heard
Ring-billed Gull
Mourrning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Wp.
Downy Wp.
Hairy Wp.
Red-cockaded Wp. - 4
N. Flicker
Pileated Wp.
E. Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
C. Chickadee
T. Titmouse
W-b Nuthatch
B-h Nuthatch
C. Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren (the Sedge Wren is rapidly becoming myth)
R-c Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Am. Robin - ~25
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing - ~12 hanging with the robins
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine W.
Black-and-white W.
Common Yellowthroat
N. Cardinal
E. Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song
Swamp
White-throated
R-w Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle - 1
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole - 1 female with the robins and waxwings

    Other cool stuff: while walking the dike at Santee Delta -East (after my
mtg., about 5 p.m., looking for a you-know-what-kind-of-wren) a bunch of
stuff went plopping into the water. In a few seconds, 7 little baby gator
heads poked up while number eight glared at me from the bank. These things
were really cute, maybe 20 - 24" long. Then the thought of Mama gator
crossed my mind. I didn't stay for the sunset.

Cheers,
Gary

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