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SC Labor Day Weekend (late post)



Sorry this is late - had the opportunity to bird in SC last weekend and 
haven't had the time to post.  Special thanks to Lex Glover and Giff Beaton 
on all the birding tips. I'll just post findings significant to my trip.

9/4/99 Super Sod  (appr. 3PM)
  buff breasted sandpiper (1)
   horned lark  (+-10)
   lesser golden plover (5)
   pectoral sandpiper (1)
    barn swallows
   bank swallows
   Amer. kestrel (1) in fields in back
   ??Merlin (dark falcon) "      "    "

Santee Campground - 9/4/99 & 9/6/99  - at the 'rental cabins' behind the 
Interpreterpretive Center registration area at the water's edge.
  9/4:  5PM                         9/6:  10AM
   E. wood pewee  (3)                     Cape May warbler (3)
   E. kingbird (2)                         E. wood pewee (2)
   yellow throated warbler                Amer. redstart (2 - 1 male)
   Magnolia warbler (2)               Magnolia warbler (2)
   black and white warbler                E. Kingbird
   red eyed vireo                         N. Parula

9/5/99:  Congaree Swamp 10AM
  Acadian flycatcher
  E. wood pewee
  Summer tanager
  Scarlet tanager (1)
  Black & white warbler
   ruby throated hummingbird
   hairy woodpecker
   
9/5/99 :  Santee NWR  5PM           9/6/99:  Santee NWR  8AM
  wormeating warbler                      yellow billed cuckoo
   black & white                           N. oriole
   scarlet tanager                         red eyed vireo
    summer tanager                     E. wood pewee
   E. wood pewee                           white eyed vireo
   Acadian flycatcher                       black & white warbler
   Amer. redstart
  
  9/5/99:  Hwy 267 (Congaree Swamp area??)
   Mississippee kite

Hope this gets posted correctly.  Enjoyed SC and will be up there Friday 
9/10/99 at Santee in the afternoon (hopefully).
diane reed
st. augustine, fl
dreedster@aol.com