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Subject: Re: hummer happenings in NC
From: "Steve" <scompton(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 9:30am
Birders,
The Orangeburg,SC "Supersod" farm was the site of moderate shorebird
activity on Saturday: at the main
site Richard Hayes and I found 5 Upland Sandpipers
and numerous Killdeer. A Cooper's Hawk was a surprise
roosting in low pines. At a "pioneer farm" on the road between the
industrial park and Highway 301 we found three Short-billed Dowitchers and 2
Pectoral Sandpipers.
There was nothing at the I-26 rest stop (Westbound).
Still waiting on a good rain, there were only a few
small puddles on the farm.
Steve Compton
Summerville,SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Campbell" <susan(AT)ncaves.com>
To: "Michael Logue" <mlogue(AT)madison.main.nc.us>
Cc: "carolina Bird List List" <carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: hummer happenings in NC
> Dear Michael and All,
>
> Indeed you have more hummingbirds there than you think. Most of the birds
> that are using your feeders are doing what we call 'trap lining.' They
> may cover as much as two miles in a day, going from resource to resource
> on their particular 'beat.' And, of course, migration has now begun for
> these tiny birds. Adult males are moving south in numbers but females and
> young birds have begun to head out as well. So a percentage of the
> hummers there each day at your feeders will be from out of the area too.
>
> The waves of activity through the season that you describe are pretty
> typical any place in the Carolinas. And we all can expect more of the
> same over the next month from what I am hearing--given the loads of
> Ruby-throateds that will be approaching in spurts from points north.
>
> Enjoy!
> Susan Campbell
> Whispering Pines, NC
>
>
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Subject: Butterfiles
From: "John Ennis" <swampwolf(AT)thebusinessbirder.com>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 10:55am
I just posted a few butterfly pix from August to:
http://thebusinessbirder.com/ButterfliesAugust2006.pdf
Not sure I have the Fritillary right...a little help please!
Thanks
John Ennis
Leland, NC
910-371-9729
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Subject: Hello Creole Pearly-eye; Goodbye Carolina Satyr
From: "John Ennis" <swampwolf(AT)thebusinessbirder.com>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 4:22pm
Thanks for the ID help with my butterflies...seems as though I was worried
about misidentifying the wrong one...everyone (so far) agreed with me on the
Great Spangled Fritillary...
Also, everyone thought I had missed the Satyr and that it was a
Pearly-eye...most said Creole Pearly-eye...which works for me once I studied
the picture in Kaufman's...
Thanks again!
John Ennis
Leland, NC
910-371-9729
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Subject: Hilton Pond 08/15/06 (Spiders)
From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 6:49pm
Depending on whether you're a clean freak or a naturalist, it may be
a minus or a plus to have vinyl siding on your home--mostly because
the material provides jillions of places for spiders to hide before
adorning the house with silken webs.
We went out one night "This Week at Hilton Pond" to see how many
kinds of spiders we could photograph in the dark, and the results
make up the photo essay for 15-21 August 2006 at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060815.html
As always we include a tally of bird banded, as well as a few
miscellaneous nature notes.
Happy Nature Watching!
BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845
The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to
conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of
the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation,
scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please
visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at
http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation
RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").
"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset." BHjr.
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Subject: Western Reef Heron sighted at New Hampshire/Maine border
From: "KC Foggin" <KCFoggin(AT)sc.rr.com>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 8:02pm
If you guys haven't heard, there's a Western Reef Heron on the border of New
Hampshire and Maine that has been sighted and reported for the past week. This,
apparently, is only the 2nd report in the United States ever, and 3rd in North
America (although they believe this is the same bird that was seen in Nova
Scotia).
Not apropos to SC and NC but very interesting. ;)
KC Foggin
Socastee
Myrtle Beach SC
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Subject: Hemingway sewage ponds, Williamsburg Co, SC
From: "Dennis Forsythe" <dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 8:30pm
Hi All,
Robin Carter and I spent about an hour at the Hemmingway Sewage Ponds,
Williamsburg Co., SC today. We had some birds of interest: Canada Geese,
Mallards, Great, Snowy and and Cattle egrets, TRICOLORED Heron, Solitary,
Spotted and Least sandpipers, 1 Black Tern and 3 LEAST TERNS (1 FY).
Dennis
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD, PA
Emeritus Professor of Biology
The Citadel
171 Moultrie St
Charleston, SC 29409
843-795-3996 Home
843-953-7264 Fax
843-708-1605 Cell
dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu
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Subject: Nimmer Turf Farm, Jasper Co., SC
From: "Dennis Forsythe" <dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 8:25pm
Hi All,
Robin Carter and I spent a short time on 24 and 25 August passing thru the
Nimmer Turf Farm, near Ridgeland, Jasper Co., SC. There were several rain
pools and we had a number of shorbirds and waders especially on Friday
afternoon. High lights were White and Glossy Ibis (Friday only) Lesser
Yellowlegs, Solitary, Semiplamated, Least, Pectoral and 1 BAIRD's
Sandpiper(Friday only) and a HAIRY WOODPECKER (Friday only)in the woods at
the entrance to the turf farm. Remember this is private property and do not
get of the roads and obey the No Trespassing signs.
Dennis
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD, PA
Emeritus Professor of Biology
The Citadel
171 Moultrie St
Charleston, SC 29409
843-795-3996 Home
843-953-7264 Fax
843-708-1605 Cell
dennis.forsythe(AT)citadel.edu
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Subject: Yard activity
From: Jerrold Griggs <griggs(AT)math.sc.edu>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 9:07pm
I said it was getting hard to add to my yard-list, and soon after got
no. 119! On my Thursday night walk with the dog, I heard the
soft hoo-hoo-hoo of a Great Horned Owl. I could hear it calling regularly
for another couple of hours while we drifted off to sleep. We get
Barred Owls many nights, including last night, so I don't know why that
night was different!
Also on Thursday afternoon, that stiflingly humid gray day, I heard
an E. Pewee singing on the USC Horseshoe, not what I expect at this time
of year?
Today, a gorgeous male Ruby-throat is coming in close to me to feed
regularly, while about 5 feet away on a branch we attached to the shrubs
for perching, a small Black Rat Snake is extended in the sun, no doubt
waiting to surprise somebody. I worry about a Hummer landing near it,
though the snake is fairly small! Never saw a snake in this area before.
Always something going on!
Jerry Griggs j(AT)sc.edu
Columbia, SC
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Subject: I did it!!!!!
From: "Linda Kolb" <rapahana4(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 10:28pm
Hi List,
Last night I was with one of my dogs in our big front yard and it was
very dark so I thought I would do the little screech owl yodel noise. One
answered from way off in the woods and then another answered closer. After
a few minutes of me yodeling and them calling back and worth one of the
little cuties flew over my head and landed in a tree right beside me!!! I
flashed a flash light at him, he screeched and flew off...Add another yard
bird to the list!!!
Hope everyone had a good birding weekend. Looking forward to Savannah.
Linda Kolb
"There will be dogs. Also, Judy will be there, and Janis, too. Maybe they
will sing a duet about roadtrips. But mostly there will be dogs--come rain
or come shine."
Peter Horst
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Subject: falls lake sunday
From: "Jacob Socolar" <jsocolar(AT)mail.com>
Date: 27 Aug 2006 11:47pm
I checked the lake again...
No white-rumped sandpiper, but I did find a flock of one of my favorite
shorebirds: 9 Greater Yellowlegs dropped briefly onto the flats. I also found
an adult-plumaged western sandpiper, meaning that at least two individuals are
out there (yesterday's bird was in juvie plumage). At least two sanderling were
still present, one juvie and one bird apparently well into its pre-basic molt.
Numbers were similar to yesterday.
Jacob Socolar
Chapel Hill, NC
jsocolar(AT)mail.com
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