United States · South Carolina
Donnelley WMA
264 species and 176,280 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bear Island WMA18 km287 species
- Caw Caw Interpretive Center39 km246 species
- Pinckney Island NWR55 km258 species
- Savannah Spoil Site: Area 14A77 km183 species
- Savannah NWR – Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr77 km282 species
All 264 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Redhead Aythya americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Donnelley WMA?
February–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Donnelley WMA?
264 species, from 176,280 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Donnelley WMA in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Turkey Vulture, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Bluebird and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.