It had rained overnight and into the early morning hours. When I left the hotel, it was overcast and temperatures were in the mid-40s, with a weather forecast of remaining the same for the entire day. I headed over to the Pinckney Island NWR. There is a short drive along marshes to the small parking area, and only foot/bicycle traffic from there. My plan was to hike only about a mile to the Ibis Pond and return, and not the entire length of the preserve like I did in 2016.
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I stopped along the drive to the parking area on the way in and on the way out.
Hooded Mergansers
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
White Ibises
White Ibises
The was a lot of avian activity at the Ibis Pond.
Great Blue Heron
Common Gallinule and American Coot
Common Gallinule
Pied-billed Grebe
Female Common Yellowthroat
Male Common Yellowthroat
Carolina Chickadee
Swamp Sparrow
I saw a couple of small wrens. In the field, I thought they might have been Winter Wrens, but after seeing them enlarged on my computer screen, I am fairly sure they were House Wrens.
House Wren
House Wren
Trip birds:
Hooded Merganser
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I then drove to the nearby Coastal Discovery Museum. There wasn't much to see from the marsh area boardwalks, but the trees around the parking area were a lot more productive.
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Black and White Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
New trip birds:
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Killdeer
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