2024 Birding Journal Observations - January / February

Hen wood duck on nest box in Feb. 2024

A mild and drier than usual weather pattern was accented with a few short-lived freezing snaps and a deluge or two, and these up and down temps seemed to point to an early Spring. I normally would record plenty of sightings of goldfinch and cedar waxwings in my backyard, but this year they have been absent, but not absent from the Lowcountry landscape though. I had regular sightings of winter birds like pine warbler and yellow-bellied sapsucker, and thick flocks of Robins appeared in late February. 

In other observations, waterfowl sightings in the Lowcountry were plentiful in general, especially in known locations such as Tom Yawkey Center. Roseate spoonbill sightings were a little less this winter in my opinion, but not alarming in any way. Perhaps a few less tundra swans at Bear Island this year too, but in general the ACE Basin still stands as a welcoming station for swans, spoonbills and other avian life that might want (or need) to find a safe place to visit.

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