Date: 4/14/25 11:47 am From: Nate Dias (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Bear Island WMA, Colleton Co., SC
Thanks for the heads-up on conditions and shorebirds at Bear Island WMA,
Craig.
It is very helpful when people like you and Felicia Sanders post updates
like that about SC DNR properties. It lets people know it is worth the
drive / fuel to go birding at that location.
"These days I prefer to hunt with a camera. A good photograph demands more
skill from the hunter, better nerves and more patience than the rifle
shot." -- Bror Blixen
On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM Craig Watson <carolinabirds...>
wrote:
> Pam Ford and I went to Bear Island WMA today in search of several Wilson’s
> Phalaropes that have been reported. We didn’t find that species, but we had
> approximately 2000 individual shorebirds of 11 species, and conditions are
> great for more shorebirds to be moving in. Most were found in Mary’s Pond,
> Tank Hill, and Ashepoo Pond by the Ashepoo River Bridge (where one of the
> phalaropes was photographed). We had 77 species, lots of action, should
> only be getting better. Happy Birding!
>
