United States Ramsar wetland
Francis Beidler Forest
190 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Mgoodyear · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
106 species in January.94 species in February.111 species in March.157 species in April.135 species in May.96 species in June.92 species in July.82 species in August.111 species in September.121 species in October.92 species in November.119 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
VU
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
190 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 190Speciesrecorded more than once
- 133Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 60,661Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 4Owls
- 6Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 110Songbirds
- 24Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 190 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Least TernSternula antillarum
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds110 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalisNT
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Leuconotopicus borealisLeuconotopicus borealis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- American CootFulica americana
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan14°/3°66 mm
- Feb16°/4°85 mm
- Mar20°/8°85 mm
- Apr25°/13°78 mm
- May29°/18°94 mm
- Jun32°/22°136 mm
- Jul33°/23°140 mm
- Aug32°/23°150 mm
- Sep30°/20°102 mm
- Oct25°/14°87 mm
- Nov20°/8°66 mm
- Dec16°/5°91 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Francis Beidler Forest.
Wildlife sanctuary in South Carolina, US
Francis Beidler Forest is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
190 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 60,661 open records.
The most recorded are the Carolina Wren, the Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígíí and the Tufted Titmouse.
60 species come for the summer, 67 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift and Rusty Blackbird.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Tanager Woods RV Campgroundcampsite · 6.7 km · 1 within 10 km
- Holly Hillnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Charleston International Airport (CHS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at CHS airport (Charleston)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmAudubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmTanager Woods RV Campground
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
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- 69Birdyas Score
- 190Species
- 133Migrants
- 2Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q14709500) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 60,661 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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