Date: 6/20/25 3:19 pm From: Nate Dias (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Least Terns, Wilson’s Plover Huntington Beach State Park, SC
Wow Brad - that is great news about the Least Tern colony. Kudos to park
staff and management for prioritizing the tern colony restoration and
protection (including electric fencing).
"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 Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM Bradley Dalton <carolinabirds...>
wrote:
> Yesterday at Huntington Beach State Park I was impressed to see what was
> likely well over one hundred Least Terns on the front beach at the jetty
> and back along the breeding grounds.
>
> In addition, there was a pair of immature Wilson’s Plovers on the beach
> near the shell tree that has broken in half.
>
> There was also a late Horned Grebe in the inlet, to my surprise.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Brad Dalton
> Williamston, SC