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SEDGE WREN at Bear Island GMA (Colleton County,SC)



Dear teary, squinty-eyed wren seekers:
  Yes, there really are Sedge Wrens in SC this winter. After looking all 
over, I found one (maybe two) at Bear Isalnd. I got a good, close-up look at 
one at the intersection
of Johnny Hiers Road and Pine Island Road. I played a Screech Owl tape, and 
heard 
an unfamiliar fuzzy chucking sound. This was unlike the Marsh Wren notes that
I had heard a few hundred yards before, but unlike the "clear" notes 
described in the National Geographic guide. Sure enough, a tiny wren slowly 
worked his way in through the Sweetgrass until he popped up about 3 feet away.
   Bear Island was loaded with quail hunters, whose shotguns boomed all day,
so the waterfowl were scarce-only the two teal species and a few Mallard and 
Black ducks. No sign of the Tundra Swans from last year.
     Got a report of a large raft of ducks in the surf at Folly Beach-sounds 
like Lesser Scaup. Maybe some Scoter will be around-worth a look.
   I'll probably go to Santee National WR tommorrow-maybe I'll see you there.

Good birds,
Steve Compton
North Charleston,SC