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| Black-necked Stilt on June 28 |
May weather was mild but dry, and June brought a good bit of rain and an early heat wave. For the second year in a row, some of my ruby-throated hummingbirds seem to have migrated further North due to the balmy conditions. Yes, I still have one or two hummers, but they are no longer numerous, and some flowers that used to draw them routinely are now hardly ever visited. Could it be the nectar is not right when extreme heat is in the area? Perhaps only time will tell.
The biggest surprise of May / June has to be that a pair of bobwhite quail began to visit the yard and decided to stay and join the flock of normal yard birds. The male whistles all the time and is a delight to have around. Unfortunately the female has gone missing and I fear that she started to nest and was killed by a predator. This will always go down as the year I had quail in the yard!
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| Mr. and Mrs. Bobwhite on May 20 |
Wading birds galore is another theme as warm weather invades for the long Lowcountry summer. Roseate spoonbills, night herons, egrets, ibis, black0necked stilts and more are all in abundance. Swallow-tailed kites and Mississippi kites abound every time one drives a rural highway and keeps an eye out for raptors.
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