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HBSP on 20 Nov.



     Yesterday, I led a trip to Huntington Beach State Park for the Chareston
co parks and Recreaction Commission.  We spent from 1100-1400 hrs mostly at the
jetty.  Afterwards we spent a 1/2 hours at the Georgetown Sweage Treatment
Plant (GSTP) and a 1/2 hours at a red-coccated Woodpecker Colonly in the
Francis Marion NF, Charleston Co (FMNF).  Here are our observations(unmarked
are HBSP):
Red-throated Loon                          Greater Yellowlegs-GSTP
Common Loon                                Lesser Yellowlegs-GSTP
Pied-billed Grebe                          Willet
Horned Grebe                               Ruddy Turnstone
No. Gannet                                 Red Knot
Brown Pelican                              Sanderling
Anhinga                                    Western Sandpiper
Great Blue Heron                           Purple Sandpiper-1
Great Egret                                Dunlin
Snowy Egret                                Short-billed Dowitcher
Tricolored Heron                           Laughing Gull
REDDISH EGRET-Tidal Pool almost mature dark phase adult
White Ibis                                 Ring-billed Gull
Canada Goose-Hy 17 below Georgetown-Feral? Herring Gull
Mallard                                    Great Black-backed Gull-1
Blue-winged Teal-GSTP                      Caspian Tern
Lesser Scaup HBSP/GSTP                     Sandwich Tern-1
Black Scoter                               Forester's Tern
White-winged Scoter-fly by HBSP            Black Skimmer-1
Bufflehead                                 Rock Dove-Georgetown
Hooded Merganser                           Mourning Dove
Red-breasted Merganser HBSP/GSTP           Belted Kingfisher
Ruddy Duck                                 Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black Vulture                              Yellow-bellied Sapscker-FMNF
Turkey Vulture                             Red-cockaded Woodpecker-FMNF
Osprey                                     Amer. Crow
Bald Eagle-sub adult stole fish from Osprey  Fish Crow
No. Harrier                                Brown-headed Nuthatch-FMNF
COOPER'S HAWK                              Carolina Wren
Red-tailed Hawk                            E. Bluebird
Common Moorhen GSTP                        Gray Catbird
Amer. Coot                                 No. Mockingbid
Black-bellied Plover                       Loggerhead Shrike
Piping Plover-3                            E. Starlings-Georgetown
Yellow-rumped Warbler                      Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Warbler- FMNF                         Eastern Meadowlark
Eatern Towhee                              Boat-tailed Grackle
Savannah Sparrow                           Common Grackle
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

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