Huntington Beach State Park - North Beach - 22 Apr 2026
This morning Robin drove me to the airport for a 10 am flight to Myrtle Beach to visit Jack and Janet Volker, and Ken and Julie Davis. The goal of the trip was to pick up some lifer birds (Painted Bunting, Swainson's Warbler, Mississippi Kite, and Gull-billed Tern) and to try to crack the Top Ten eBird List for Georgetown County, SC (I need ~30 new spp. to add to the 120 that I got in early April). Arriving at DTW at 7:00 am I was through security and at my gate (A78) by 7:30. This gave me plenty of time to relax and prepare for the 10 am flight to Myrtle Beach. Ken had decided that today would be the best day to walk the North Beach at Huntington Beach State Park to look for Least Terns, Wilson's Plovers, and other shorebirds at the North Jetty. High tide was 1:45pm today so we needed to be at the jetty if we wanted any chance at Saltmarsh Sparrows. Given the walking distance 1.5 mi from the North Beach parking lot we'd be pushing things with the drive from the Airport to...