We were up bright an early on Friday, January 11th for a bird watching event at the Hobcaw Barony Reserve.
The Reserve is at the North Inlet – Winyah Bay.
It is a vast area of virgin forest and
marshland which is open to the public only through docent led tours. We had signed up for a bird watching tour in
the hopes of meeting other conservation minded folks. As it turns out, the birding was poor that
day; we only saw one bald eagle, a red meringer, a common
loon, a dozen white pelicans (they rare in South Carolina), lesser and greater
yellow legs, red wing black birds, yellow rumps, and a few other common woodland
species. Even the herons and storks were no where to be seen. The views of the vast pristine marshland, made up for the lack of
birds.
 |
| Hobcaw Fire-watch Tower |
 |
| Clam Bank Landing Road |
 |
| Clam bank Landing |
Since we were driven in vans to the birding sites, there was
no exercise to speak of, so we can’t quite count this an adventure date. On the other hand, the social contacts were
outstanding. We met the president of the
local Audubon chapter and were invited to go birding with him in Huntington Beach State Park. We also met the woman who heads up a newly
started volunteer naturalist training program.
Needless to say we are now on her list of contacts. This was definitely a big plus towards our
goal of getting more integrated into our community.
No comments:
Post a Comment