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Fig. 4.8
The north end of Sandpiper Pond in spring 2005 after channel opening (
a
) and spring
2007 after additional restoration efforts involving installation of a culvert connecting Murrells
Inlet Marsh to Sandpiper pond (
b
).
Arrows
are pointing to the same relative point in each picture
Obviously, wading birds were precluded from shallow open water and mud flats
that were no longer part of the system in 2004, but a complete census of bird com-
munities was never conducted. The perceived decline in overall bird observations
