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| Willet at Edisto Beach on Dec. 28 |
After New Year's Day spent with family for Sunday Supper, my outdoors calendar year begins with the first ever Christmas Bird Count on Edisto Island. The Bird Count is a function of the Audubon Society and has been in existence for more than 100 years, and is constantly adding new areas to their tally. I scouted for birds at Edisto Beach on Dec. 28 and saw scoter diving ducks right off the beach, a willet on the groin rocks and some Kingfishers over by the Marina. Much of the Edisto bird count focus will include Botany Bay WMA, and the surrounding areas.
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| Kingfisher at Edisto Marina on Dec. 28 |
During the final week of December the Lowcountry experienced a push of super-cooled Siberian air that caused low temps in the teens with a wind chill of 3-degrees. Overnight freezing temps persisted for five nights, and anyone worth their birdseed was keeping their songbird feeders stocked up and were surely rewarded with extra bird sightings. Suet and peanuts and any high-energy foods were really appreciated by the birds. Of course, large concentrations of birds can attract raptors and I had a Cooper's Hawk hunting right at my feeder on two consecutive nights near dusk, and I saw it have success at grabbing a small bird.
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