Skidaway Island Birds

Birdshots Index

Raptors - Phalaropes

Gulls - Kingfishers

Woodpeckers - Nuthatches

Wrens - Warblers

Tanagers - Finches

Chatham County, GA Birds

Geese through Vultures

Species

Brief Annotation

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Anseriformes
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis	Transient, 3 October 2007, SW, SCAD campus (20)
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens	Accidental, 30 Oct (2005) - 1 Feb (2003), RW, Skidaway Island, (1)
Ross's Goose Chen Rossii	Accidental, 10 Feb 06, SG, Skidaway Island, (1)
Brant Branta bernicla	Accidental, Fall, 1926, ACGB (2003), Elba Island 7 Feb 2008, Tybee Island (BB/JG)	Jackie Gay	Jackie Gay
Canada Goose Branta canadensis	Common, permanent resident, Lake Mayer
Wood Duck Aix sponsa	Uncommon, permanent resident, 4 March 07, Skidaway Island, (12)
Gadwall Anas strepera	Uncommon, winter resident 13 Dec 05, EK, Sav. Airport ponds. (1)
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope	Accidental, 11/18/1908, ACGB (2003), Chatham County
American Wigeon Anas americana	Uncommon, winter resident, 19 Dec 04, RW, Skidaway Island, (1)
American Black Duck Anas rubripes	Rare, winter transient, 27 Dec 40, ACGB (2003), Savannah, (8000)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Uncommon, winter, 2 Mar - 24 Apr, RW, Skidaway Island
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula	Rare, transient, 19 Jan 95, SC, Hutchinson Island DMDA, (2)
Blue-winged Teal Anas discours	Uncommon to fairly common, winter transient, 6 Dec - 14 Apr, Skidaway Island
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera	Rare, winter transient, 4 May 96, SC, Hutchinson Island DMDA, (1)
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata	Common, winter resident, 3 Sep - 26 May, Lake Mayer
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	Rare, winter visitor, 27 Dec 40, ACGB (2003), no location
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Uncommon, transient, 12 Nov 04, RW, Skidaway Island
Canvasback Aythya valisineria	Rare, winter transient , 17 Feb 51, ACGB (2003), no location
Redhead Aythya americana	Rare, winter transient, 6 Jan 01, RW, Skidaway Island, (1)
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris	Uncommon, winter transient, 8 Mar 03, BR, Skidaway Island
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	Uncommon, winter transient, 26 Feb 07, RW, Skidaway Island, (1)
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis	Fairly common, winter resident, Tybee Island, 3 Mar 07, RW, FCGC, (200+)
King Eider Somateria spectabilis	Rare, winter visitor, 11 Apr 80, ACGB (2003), Tybee Island
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	Rare, winter visitor, 23 Nov 06, BZ, Tybee Island
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus	Accidental, 18 Feb 84, ACGB (2003), Tybee Island
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicullata	Rare, winter resident, 25 Mar 90, ACGB (2003), Tybee Island, (1)
White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca	Rare, winter visitor, 10 Feb 07, BZ, Tybee Island
Black Scoter Melanitta nigra	Common, winter resident, 10 Oct - 1 May, near-shore Tybee Island
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	Accidental, 1 Jan 88, SC, Tybee Island (1)
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola	Fairly common, winter resident, 23 Nov - 1 Apr, tidal waters
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	Uncommon, winter resident, 2 Dec - 26 Mar, Skidaway Island, (3 in 2005)
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus	Common, winter resident, 30 Oct - 24 Apr, Skidaway Island
Common Merganser Mergus merganser	Accidental, Summer 1949, ACGB (2003), Oysterbed Island, (1)
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Uncommon, winter resident, 29 Nov - 12 May, coastal rivers, sea
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis	Uncommon, winter resident, 10 Oct -28 Apr, Lake Mayer, FCGC, (20+)
Galliformes
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo	Uncommon, permanent resident, Savannah Airport, Solomon Tract SNWR
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus	Uncommon, declining permanent resident
Gaviiformes
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	Uncommon, winter resident, 8 Dec - 24 Mar, coastal rivers, at sea
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica	Accidental, 15 Dec 06, PH/CS, Tybee Isl. (1)
Common Loon Gavia immer	Common, winter resident, 21 Nov - 2 May, coastal rivers, at sea
Podicipediformes
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps	Common, winter resident, 13 July - 30 Apr
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	Uncommon, winter resident, 29 Nov - 16 Mar
Clark's/Western Grebe Aechmophorus species	Accidental, 23 Jan 00, SC/PR, Wassaw Isl (not close enough to ID to species)
Procellariformes
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata	Uncommon, 18 Sep 05, DV, N 32º 00.756, W079º 19.902
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	Fairly common, summer resident offshore 24 Jun 02, N 31º 51.56, W080º 33.40
Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis	Uncommon, irregular transient offshore, 24 Jun 02, N 31º 46.89, W080º 26.48
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus	Rare, transient, 22 May 05, SC, offshore Tybee Island
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	Uncommon, winter offshore, 12 Feb 05, RW, N 31º 46.40, W 080º 36.29
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus ihermenieri	Uncommon, summer offshore, 24 Aug 02, RW, N 31º 46.69, W 080º 13.27
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus	Uncommon, summer offshore, 24 Jun 02, RW, N 32º 00.13, W 080º 47.20
Pelicaniformes
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra	Rare, summer offshore, 19 June 02, RW, N 31º 48.94, W080º 16.18, (1)
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Rare, summer at sea, winter, 19 Aug 04, RW, N 31º 48.94, W080º 16.18, (6)
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	Common, winter resident near shore, 24 Oct (1983) - 31 May (1998)
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	Uncommon, increasing winter, 27 Dec 06, TM, Hutchinson Island
Brown Pelican Pelecanus oxidentalis	Common, permanent resident
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	Common, permanent resident
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus	Accidental, transient, 18 Mar 89, ACGB (2003), Tybee Island
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga	Common, permanent resident
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	Accidental, 1 June 00, CS, Tybee Island, 1
Ciconiiformes
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus	Uncommon, winter resident, 4 Apr 04, EK, Ossabaw Island
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis	Uncommon, summer resident, 13 May 02, DC, Causton Bluff
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias	Common, permanent resident
Great Egret Ardea alba	Common, permanent resident
Snowy Egret Egretta thula	Common, permanent resident
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea	Common, permanent resident
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor	Common, permanent resident
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	Uncommon, visitor 7 Jul (2005) - 25 Oct (2003), DC, Tybee Isl., SC/PR, Wassaw 18 Feb 2008, Skidaway Island
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Common, spring through fall, 18 Mar - 16 October, Skidaway Isl., Ft Pulaski NM
Green Heron Butorides virescens	Fairly common, permanent resident, scarce in winter
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	Common, permanent resident, Skidaway Island
Yellow-crowned Night-heron Nyctanassa violacea	Fairly common, permanent resident, Skidaway Island
White Ibis Eudocimus albus	Common, permanent resident
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	Uncommon, permanent resident, Savannah Airport ponds, Skidaway Island
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja	Rare to uncommon, post-breeding, 16 Jun - 9 Aug, RS, Skidaway Island
Wood Stork Mycteria americana	Fairly Common, post-breeding resident, barrier islands
Black Vulture Coragypus atratus	Common, permanent resident
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura	Common, permanent resident