Date: 6/1/25 9:21 am From: Lisa Hayes (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Location quiz
Steve, I hear the same birds and wondered dmif you are nearby, and yes you
are! I live near Santee State Park between Elloree & Santee, SC.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2025, 10:09 AM Sparkle Clark <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> Steve,
> I am near you. I have all of them.
> I live in the woods at the bend of Four Hole Swamp. Even have the
> Red-cockaded woodpecker.
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> Sparkle Clark
> <Sparkleclark...>
> 803-782-5211
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> On May 31, 2025, at 8:48 PM, scompton1251 <scompton1251...>
> wrote:
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> Sent from my Galaxy
> Birders,
>
> Several of you, notably Kent Fiala, guessed that the yard in qzestion is
> my own here in rural Dorchester, SC. We moved here in Augzst so this is our
> fiist Spring here. We domluve near the Brosnan Forest, a protected area of
> mostly Longleaf Pine. Its a mile away. I'm on my deck now at 8:45 pm
> listening to Chuck- wills- widow, and we now have a regular Whip- poor-
> will. I was interested to learn whether anyone else lived so close to this
> group of birds. I walk my Germsn Shepherd at dawn every day, so I have
> many eBird lists.
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> Thanks for playing yard quiz. I got the idea from an old quiz in American
> Birds.
>
> Steve Compton
> Dorchester, SC
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Robert McLean(via carolinabirds Mailing List)" <
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> Date: 5/31/25 11:35 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: scompton1251 <scompton1251...>
> Cc: Carolina Birds <carolinabirds...>
> Subject: Re: Location quiz
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> Provocative question! I love it.
>
> I also love yard birding and keeping a yard list (we live in a suburban
> area which along with neighboring properties has some large oaks, tulip
> poplars, hickory, linden, maple and other trees. Yet we also have a large
> super market, a Duncan Donuts, and a Starbucks all very close by).
>
> With my yard birding I have experienced another side of birding that
> includes:
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> Hearing a pair of House Wrens singing a duet
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> Seeing juvenile WB Nuthatches marching up a tree in single file
>
> A family of Carolina Wrens raised on our window sill. Several weeks after
> hatching, the adults put the young wrens on notice to get out. The parents
> vocalized together like you’ve never heard, and the next day the 3 young
> wrens were gone.
>
> The male cardinal feeding the female each spring from our sunflower seeds
> on the ground. (I have also heard the cardinals sing a duet).
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> 18 species of warblers in our bird baths over the last five years
> including having 4 Bay-breasted Warblers all at once in or on the edge of
> the bird baths, a female Cape May, and other warblers seen and photographed
> at eye level from my second story window looking straight over at the young
> Red Cedar that many of the warblers go to before and after their baths.
>
> 8 species of sparrows including Lincoln’s and White-crowned ( both just
> once).
>
> Watching hummingbirds feeding on my Cardinal Flowers in mid summer
>
> Rescuing a hummingbird on a cold day in April. Warming it and releasing
> it, and then realizing weeks later that the same bird recognized me when I
> was nearby or filling the feeders.
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>
> Good birding!
>
> Taylor McLean
> Baltimore, MD
>
> PS Yes, we are retired and work in our gardens regularly
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 31, 2025, at 8:37 AM, scompton1251 <scompton1251...>
> wrote:
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> Birders,
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> If you can see/ hear these birds from your yard, where are you?
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> Chuck-wills-widow Eastern Whp-poor-will, Hooded Warbler, Swainson's
> Warbler, Summer Tanager, Yellow- throated Vireo, Eastern Screech Owl,
> Swallow- tailed Kite, American Goldfinch, Yellow-breasted Chat, Wild
> Turkey.
>
>
> Steve Compton
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
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