United States · South Carolina
Savannah NWR – Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr
282 species and 185,803 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April and October–November, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
American CootFulica americana
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Great EgretArdea alba
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Savannah Spoil Site: Area 14A15 km183 species
- Pinckney Island NWR33 km258 species
- Donnelley WMA77 km264 species
- Bear Island WMA77 km287 species
All 282 species recorded here
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Savannah NWR – Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr?
January, April and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Savannah NWR – Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr?
282 species, from 185,803 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Savannah NWR – Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Gallinule, American Coot, Little Blue Heron, Eastern Phoebe and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.