Lookout for those Baltimore birds

Baltimore orioles have been seen in South Carolina as far west as Oconee County.  These are not Baltimore Oriole baseball players.  Rather they are the appearance in the state of the colorful songbirds.  And the DNR is announcing its annual Baltimore Oriole Winter Survey Friday through Monday, February 17-20.  If you have orioles coming to your feeders or have had them in the past years, DNR encourages your participation.  Survey participants count and record the largest number of Baltimore orioles they can see at one time, on one, two, three or all four days of the survey period.  Last year South Carolina had 22 counties reporting orioles.  Most winter on the coastal plain from Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head.