Skidaway Island Birdshots

Charadriiformes
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla	Common, permanent resident
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan	Accidental, winter transient, 17 Dec 05, DC, Tybee Island
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	Accidental, 13 Aug 05, WC, Tybee Island
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia	Uncommon, common at sea, winter resident, 5 Dec - 28 Apr
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis	Common, winter resident, 1 Oct - 6 May
Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Common, winter resident, 24 Sep - 25 May
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides	Accidental, winter transient, 14 Feb 35, ACGB (2003)
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Uncommon, transient, 15 July - 6 May, Tybee Island
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus	Accidental, 19 Jan 98, SC, Wassaw Island (1)
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Uncommon, winter resident, Tybee Island
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Rare, winter visitor, off shore, 12 Feb 05, SB, N31º 45.37, W080º 38.06
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata	Fairly common, offshore, 24 Jun 03, RW, N31º 45.45, W080º 11.23
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus	Fairly common, summer at sea, 24 Aug 02, RW, N 31º 50.05, W080º 39.29
Least Tern Sternula antillarum	Fairly common, summer resident, 16 April - 12 Aug, Skidaway Island
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	Uncommon and local, permanent resident, 1 Sep 06, DC, Skidaway
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Uncommon, permanent resident, barrier island beaches
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	Uncommon, late summer transient, barrier island beaches
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Fairly common, transient, 10 Apr - 4 May also 25 Jul - 15 Sep, Tybee Island
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri	Common, resident, except summer, 17 Aug - 1 May, Skidaway Island	$17 N\March 2004, Skidaway Island, Chatham County, GA$
Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima	Common, permanent resident, scarce in winter
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	Uncommon, summer resident, Tybee Island
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	Common, permanent resident
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	Rare, transient, 2 Sep 01, EK, at sea, no coordinates
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Uncommon, transient, except summer
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	Accidental, transient, 28 Aug 00, BH, Wassaw Island
Razorbill Alca torda	Rare winter visitor near shore shore, RW, N31º 46.40 W080º 36.29, 52
Columbiformes
Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Common, permanent resident
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaoto	Common, permanent resident, Tybee Island
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica	Rare, transient, 14 Jan 01, DC, Tybee Island
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura	Common, permanent resident
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina	Uncommon, fall, 26 Oct 03, RW, Skidaway Island
Cuculiformes
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus	Fairly common, transient, 10 Mar - 9 Jun and 7 Sep - 28 Oct, Skidaway Island
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus	Rare, spring transient, 15 Apr 04, LL, Candler Hospital
Strigiformes
Barn Owl Tyto alba	Rare, permanent resident, DC, 1 Dec 00, Broughton Street old building
Eastern Screech-owl Megascops asio Red phase most likely	Fairly common, permanent resident
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianis	Fairly common, permanent resident
Barred Owl Strix varia	Fairly common, permanent resident
Long-eared Owl Asio otus	Accidental, 5 Nov 04, SW, Tybee Island
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus	Status unknown. 1 Jan 11 as cited in Georgia Birds, 1958, Burleigh.
Caprimulgiformes
Common Nighthawk Chordieles minor	Common, fall transient, downtown Savannah
Chuck-will's-widow Caprilmulgus carolensis	Common, summer resident, 16 Mar - 10 Sep, Skidaway Island
Whip-poor-will Caprilmulgus vociferous	Rare, spring transient, 1 Apr 63, JC, Isle of Hope, 8 Nov 86, DF
Apodiformes
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica	Common, summer resident 31 Mar - 21 Oct, Skidaway Island
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris	Common, permanent resident, uncommon winter
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri	Rare and local, winter visitor, 21 Feb 05, SC, residential feeder
Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope	Accidental, winter visitor, 17 Dec 06, SC, residential feeder
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus	Uncommon to rare, winter resident, 7 Dec - 2 Apr also 27 Sep 03, BR, Skidaway
Coraciiformes
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon	Fairly common, permanent resident, scarce early summer