At 1:45 pm we arrived at the Isles of Palms, South Carolina which is a public beach area. It was sunny and about 32 degrees Celcius. We observed birds along the shoreline ans their were quite a feww people there. We saw and osprey nesting platform on the way there. Along the beach there were a flock of Laughing Galls, there were at least two in non-breeding plumage. We I identfied the gulls by the Black Capped head, gray wings to black tips, the gulls in non breeding plumage had whitish gray head with a small smudge of black on their heads. We also saw two brown pelicans flying over the ocean and then had a confrontation in mid air. Later we saw six Double Crested Cormorants flying over head in a straght line , characteristic of the species, they were black birds, yellow gular pouch. We also saw fish crows and the common grackle. The brown Pelican action was great.
