Beach Birds on a windy day…

Howdee all,

Edisto Beach State Park

It was windy here at the coast today…winds gusting about 20 miles per hour.

Because of the windy conditions we decided to walk thru town one way and the beach on the way back. The wind would be at our back for the walk on the beach.

We walked about three miles thru town…just shy of the end of the island.

The photos below are on our trip back.

The wind was starting to calm…

We didn’t bring our binoculars this trip.

Just my trusty little pocket camera..

Ring-billed Gulls

Royal Tern

Laughing Gull

Beach houses line the beach..

no high rises or hotels on the island.

Willet on the rocks..

Ring-billed Gull doing the one footed stand…

The majority of the gulls were

Ring-billed

We did see many shells..

Most of them were oyster or pieces of shells like the one below.

No great specimens….I think we need a storm to bring a few ashore.

We are almost back to the campground..

The distant pier is close to our campground..

A lone Jelly fish thingy..

We did see a few sea urchin as well.

Gull feeding 

A handsome Laughing Gull

Here we are..

Back at the campground..

With plenty of time to make dinner and watch the sunset

out of our dining room window..

Mar 6, 2013
Edisto Beach State Park
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All birds reported? Yes
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 Northern Gannet
 Double-crested Cormorant
 Brown Pelican
 Willet
 Sanderling
 Laughing Gull
 Ring-billed Gull
 Herring Gull
 Forster's Tern
 Royal Tern
 Rock Pigeon
 Mourning Dove
 Belted Kingfisher
 Blue Jay
 American Crow
 Carolina Chickadee
 Carolina Wren
 Eastern Bluebird
 American Robin
 Northern Mockingbird
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Savannah Sparrow
 White-throated Sparrow
 Boat-tailed Grackle
 House Finch