2021 Birding Journal Observations - September / October

Anhinga with yarn on beak

Above average temps and below average precipitation were part of the story in early Fall, and that is actually the long range forecast for the 2022 winter as well. Some cool snaps came through the Lowcountry as usual, though they did not last long, or dip into freezing temperatures. Those NE breezes and the shorter average daytime both signaled to birds that it was time to migrate and neotropical birds like hummingbirds, tanagers and bunting began disappearing from the landscape. On the flip side, this was the beginning of a return of yellow-bellied sapsuckers, bald eagles and waterfowl from North of S.C. back into the Lowcountry. If droughty conditions persist, water sources should prove to be prime birding spots in November and December.

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Downy Woodpecker

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