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Savannah NWR on 2 Jan 2001



Hi C-Birders,

Caroline and I returned from a great birding trip to Florida today, stopping
off at Savannah NWR, Jasper Co., SC for a couple of hours as the last
birding stop before getting home to Columbia.  I have never before seen so
many ducks at the refuge as there were today.  I will finish with our SNWR
list.

 As for the Florida trip, we were extremely successful.  Highlights included
Western Spindalis, Magnificent Frigatebird, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck,
Snail Kite, Short-tailed Hawk, Smooth-billed Ani, Mangrove Cuckoo, Monk
Parakeet, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Burrowing Owl, Lesser Nighthawk, Common
Nighthawk, Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Florida
Scrub-Jay, Western Tanager, 13 species of warbler, and Shiny Cowbird.  I
will be glad to answer any questions about our trip, but these species were
NOT in the Carolinas, so I will spare you the details here on Carolinabirds.

Here is our day list for Savannah NWR, Jasper Co., SC for 2 Jan 2001:

Pied-billed Grebe -- 15
Double-crested Cormorant -- 40
Anhinga -- 15
Great Blue Heron -- 5
Great Egret -- 30
Snowy Egret -- 5
Little Blue Heron -- 12
Tricolored Heron -- 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron -- 1
White Ibis -- 120
Glossy Ibis -- 1
Turkey Vulture -- 1
Wood Duck -- 85
Gadwall -- 25
American Wigeon -- 15
American Black Duck -- 2
Mallard -- 4
Mottled Duck -- 2
Blue-winged Teal - 250
Northern Shoveler -- 400
Northern Pintail -- 50
Green-winged Teal -- 2000
Canvasback -- 8
Ring-necked Duck -- 120
Lesser Scaup -- 5
Hooded Merganser - 12
Ruddy Duck -- 2
Bald Eagle -- 1
Northern Harrier -- 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk -- 1
Red-shouldered Hawk -- 2
Red-tailed Hawk -- 8
American Kestrel -- 1
Sora -- 2
Common Moorhen -- 100
American Coot -- 1500
Killdeer -- 6
Common Snipe -- 3
Ring-billed Gull -- 25
Mourning Dove -- 5
Great Horned Owl -- 1
Belted Kingfisher -- 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker -- 3
Northern Flicker -- 1
Eastern Phoebe -- 6
Fish Crow -- 100
Tree Swallow -- 250
Carolina Wren -- 3
Marsh Wren -- 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- 4
Hermit Thrush -- 2
Gray Catbird -- 2
Northern Mockingbird -- 6
European Starling -- 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 25
Common Yellowthroat -- 3
Savannah Sparrow -- 1
Song Sparrow -- 5
Swamp Sparrow -- 4
White-throated Sparrow -- 1
Red-winged Blackbird -- 100
Eastern Meadowlark -- 10
Rusty Blackbird -- 5
Common Grackle -- 150
Boat-tailed Grackle -- 10

Robin Carter
Columbia, SC
rcarter@sc.rr.com