2018 Birding Journal Observations - September / October

Male American redstart seen on October 6

Above average temps and below average precipitation was the story in the Lowcountry during September and October. The powerful hurricanes that came to the Carolinas steered away from the Lowcountry for the most part. But the weather systems still affect the birds and parts of fall migration, and my ruby-throated hummingbirds decided to leave by October 6, slightly ahead of their normal departure schedule.

Other observations included cardinal, dove, female American redstart, red-bellied woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina chickadee, ruby-throated hummingbird, Carolina wren, pileated woodpecker, summer tanager, yellow-billed cuckoo, blue jay, blue grosbeak, tufted titmouse, mockingbird, Parula warbler, downy woodpecker, blue-gray gnatcatcher, white-eyed vireo, towhee, great white egret, snowy egret, white-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, brown thrasher, black and white warbler, red-headed woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, yellow warbler, flycatcher, dove, brown-headed cowbird, yellow-shafted flicker and yellow-bellied sapsucker.

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