Skidaway Island Birdshots

Falconiformes
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Common, permanent resident
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus	Uncommon, summer resident, 1 May 05, TM, Port Wentworth
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis	Uncommon, summer resident, 30 Apr - 7 Aug, Skidaway Island
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucophaplus	Uncommon, permanent resident, Skidaway Island
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus	Uncommon, winter resident, 25 Oct - 20 Apr, Skidaway Island
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus	Uncommon, winter resident, 10 Jan 02, Skidaway Island 19 June 2008, SNWR
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii	Uncommon, permanent resident
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus	Uncommon, permanent resident
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo playpterus	Uncommon transient, 22 Apr 04, RW, SOCM
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis	Fairly common, permanent resident
American Kestrel Falco sparverius	Fairly common, winter resident, 29 Sep - 27 Mar, Skidaway Island
Merlin Falco columbarius	Uncommon, transient, fall through spring, 16 Feb 07, DC, Ft Pulaksi NM
Peregrine Falcon Falco perigrinus	Uncommon, transient, fall through spring, 27 Sep 02, RW, Skidaway Island
Gruiformes
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris	Common, permanent resident
King Rail Rallus elegans	Uncommon, permanent resident, Solomon Tract, SNWR
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola	Uncommon, winter resident, 17 Feb 07, DC, Solomon Tract, SNWR, (6)
Sora Porzana carolina	Uncommon, permanent resident, Solomon Tract, SNWR
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica	Accidental in winter, 1 Jan 04, RW, Skidaway Island
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Fairly common, permanent resident
American Coot Fulica americana	Common winter resident, Lake Mayer
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis	Accidental, 20 May 00, SC/PR, Wassaw Island also, 1963, JC, Little Tybee Island
Charadriiformes
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Common, except summer, island beaches exposed tidal flats
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica	Rare, transient, 23 May 98, SC, Wassaw Island, (1)
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	Uncommon, summer resident,15 Sep 00, RW, Little Tybee Island
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Common, winter and transient, barrier island beaches
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus	Uncommon, fall and winter, Tybee Island
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus	Common, permanent resident
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus	Fairly common, permanent resident, barrier island beaches
Black-necked Stilt Himanoptus mexicanus	Uncommon, local breeder except winter, Onslow Island
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana	Uncommon, permanent resident, 1 Dec 00, RW, Onslow Island
Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularius	Fairly common to uncommon, 16 July - 21 May, Skidaway Island
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria	Uncommon, transient, 5 Apr - 10 May, and 27 July - 30 Aug
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	Fairly common, winter resident, tidal shallows
Willet Tringa semipalmatus	Common, permanent resident, exposed tidal flats, beaches
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	Fairly common, winter resident, tidal shallows
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicaudia	Rare, spring transient, 18 Apr 95, SC, Hutchinson Island DMDA
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Fairly common, transient, 10 Apr -16 May and 16 Jul - 21 Aug
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus	Uncommon, transient, 1 Feb 04, RW, Ossabaw Island
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	Uncommon, transient, 1 Feb 04, RW, Ossabaw Island
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Fairly common, non-breeding resident, barrier island beaches, oyster beds
Red Knot Calidris canutus	Fairly common, transient, barrier island beaches
Sanderling Calidris alba	Common winter resident, barrier island beaches
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	Fairly common, transient spring and fall, 19 May 02, Tybee Island
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	Common winter resident, 12 Sep - 18 Apr, Tybee Island
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	Common, transient, 25 Apr - 16 May and 25 Jul - 17 Oct, Skidaway Island
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis	Rare, transient, 24 May 98, HW, Ossabaw Island
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos	Uncommon, transient, 1 Dec 00, RW, Onslow Island
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	Uncommon, winter resident, Tybee Island, (9)
Dunlin Calidris alpina	Common, winter resident, barrier island beaches
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginia	Accidental, 5 Jul 00, EH, Little Tybee Island, (1)
Stilt Sandpiper Caldiris himantopus	Uncommon transient, 1 Dec 00, RW, Onslow Island., (25+)
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	Common, transient, tidal flats and beaches
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus	Uncommon to rare, transient, 28 Apr 03, RW, Skidaway Island
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata	Fairly common, winter resident, Savannah Airport ponds
American Woodcock Scolopax minor	Rare, winter resident, 12 Jan 03, DB, Skidaway Island
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor	Accidental, 27 Apr 23, ACGB (2003), specimen
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	Fairly common, fall at sea, 16 Aug 58, ACGB (2003), Hutchinson Island
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius	Common, winter resident, at sea