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| Female Orchard Oriole from April 28 |
A mild winter with just a few spikes of cold weather, brought enough rain to keep the Lowcountry swamps with ample water. Perhaps that was a factor in how a cooler than expected Spring has blessed the Lowcountry in 2023, with the rains tapering off just a bit. None of the climactic conditions seem to have affected neotropical songbird migration though, with a cavalcade of bird species showing up right on time. Ruby-throated hummingbirds were the first to arrive and then painted buntings began to show up, mostly along the immediate coast in early April.
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| Snowy Egret from April 20 |
By mid to late April I had welcomed hummers, male and female painted buntings, an indigo bunting, male and female summer tanager, male and female blue grosbeak, red-headed woodpecker, yellow-billed cuckoo, orchard oriole and rose-breasted grosbeak. That's pretty much a Home Run in the World Series of Birding - which occurs each year during Spring migration. I have also seen Swallow-tailed Kites, Missippippi Kites, fledgling bald eagles and a host of baby birds. The only birds that I see 'on occasion' or once every few years that I am missing, would be the scarlet tanager and red-breasted nuthatch. But no complaints here! It's exciting to think about what the month of May could bring to the feeder?!
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