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HBSP this past Saturday



Sorry for the late posting....

Spent a full day at HBSP on Saturday. 62 species total. Highlights included
Gannets diving close to the beach (a few immatures and 1 adult plumage) and
a Merlin working the beach. Got some good photos of the Merlin, posted at
http://home.sprintmail.com/~steventracey/index.html (follow the Latest
Outings link).

Here is the full list (didn't keep counts, sorry):

Common Loon
Pied-Billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Northern Gannet
Double-Crested Comorant
Green Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Gadwall
American Widgeon
Ruddy Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Clapper Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black bellied plover
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Short-Billed Dowitcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Dunlin
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Red Shouldered Hawk
Osprey
Merlin
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallow
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Loggerhead Shrike
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Savanah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White Throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle

Steve Tracey
Columbia, SC
steventracey@sprintmail.com