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Caesar's Head SP, 9/19/99




A day trip by myself, Molly Bonnell, and Kathleen O'Grady to Caesar's Head
SP on 9/19/99 found the following birds of interest.

Black-billed Cuckoo
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
American Redstart
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Pine Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo 
Philadelphia Vireo

several flycatchers - including Eastern Wood-pewee, Eastern Phoebe, and a
mystery empidonax.  The mystery empidonax did not call.  The mystery empid
was a medium gray on the back without any suggestion of olive or brown and
whitish edgings to tertial flight feathers and wing coverts that contrasted
strongly with the basic color of the wing and wing coverts.  The bird had a
dark head more of the color of brown that I associate with Willow/Alder, a
head that contrasted somewhat with the gray back.  There was a complete but
not heavy eye-ring.  The throat did not contrast with the belly, which was
whitish.  Because of our perspective on the bird, I could not see bill shape
or the amount of orange/pink in the lower mandible.  Let's see - an silent
empid in worn plumage.  Shall we call it a Walder Flycatcher?

From the Hawkwatch at Caesar's Head, we found:

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Raven

At a gas stop at in Greenville, I was quite surprised to look up and find
30-35 Fish Crows "kettling".  Fish Crows are migratory and I guess that is
what these guys were doing, although it seems a strange thought to consider
that crows "kettle".

A fun day afield, to say the least.

Donna Bailey
Winnsboro, SC
e-mail: dsbailey@conterra.com
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     "Where are the Birds?  Migration across South Carolina"
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    "Columbia Audubon Society"