Thursday, January 26, 2023

2023 Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge - Winter Birding


Orange-crowned Warbler
The Fripp Island Audubon Club traveled to Hilton Head to visit the Pinckney Island NWR. The morning of Tuesday Jan. 24 was clear, cold and had little wind - excellent birding conditions! Even the parking lot was full of activity with flocks of cedar waxwings circling nonstop overhead in the hardwoods. There was just no stopping the sighting of robins, yellow-rumped warblers and ibis all day long. One of the highlights of this property is Ibis Pond and it did not disappoint yielding sightings of the orange-crowned warbler and the common yellowthroat, plus a solo male blue-winged teal. Very memorable stuff!!

To view Field Trips from 2023 click on ACE Basin NWR Combahee Unit

Guide Bob Speare led our group
To view Field Trips from 2022 click on Palmetto Buff Christmas Bird Count Walterboro Wildlife Sanctuary - Bailey Mill Plantation - Niederhoff Seed Orchard - Hunting Island State Park - Botany Bay WMA

 - Nemours Wildlife Foundation - Cumberland Island - Harbor Island - Silver Bluff/Audubon - Phinizy Swamp - Oldfield Plantation - Dolphin Head Beach - Bear Island WMA - Widgeon Point Preserve - Port Royal Sound Foundation - Parris Island 
Common Yellowthroat

 


Horned Grebe on Mackay Creek

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