Georgia Department of Natural Resources
WATERBIRD SURVEY RESULTS
26 January 2004
Data compiled by Jim Wilson

ISLAND ABBREVIATIONS (click here to view map in new window)
TYB - Tybee               BKB - Blackbeard             SEA - Sea
LTI - Little Tybee        SAP - Sapelo                 SSI - St. Simons Island
WAS - Wassaw              WLF - Wolf                   JEK - Jekyll
OSS - Ossabaw             EIB - Little Egg Island Bar  LCI - Little Cumberland
SCB - St. Catherines Bar  LSS - Little St. Simons      CUI - Cumberland
SCI - St. Catherines Is.  PEL - Pelican Spit

SHOREBIRDS
ISLANDS--> TYB LTI WAS OSS SCB SCI BKB SAP WLF EIB LSSI SEA SSI JEK LCI CUI TOTALS
American Oystercatcher 19 4 10 15 2 6 4 2 37 32 307 0 0 5 0 57 500
American Avocet 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 42
Piping Plover 3 3 0 8 1 5 5 7 7 45 33 0 7 2 0 35 161
Wilson's Plover 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13 11 27
Semipalmated Plover 0 450 115 329 0 704 0 1090 47 7 0 130 492 1 3 2806 6174
Killdeer 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 10 12 0 2 2 1 36
Black-bellied Plover 0 250 20 43 8 163 181 178 47 82 359 160 9 36 20 415 1971
Marbled Godwit 0 0 23 18 0 112 0 28 74 6 70 0 3 0 0 3 337
Whimbrel 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 9
Long-billed Curlew 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 7
Willet 3 0 11 1 1 82 40 38 16 3 39 48 62 48 11 27 430
Greater Yellowlegs 0 6 16 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 14 1 0 56
Lesser Yellowlegs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yellowlegs Sp. 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Snipe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dowitcher 0 600 7 0 6 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 530 1199
Dowitcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dowitcher Sp. 0 0 0 0 0 80 2 36 52 0 14 303 4 333 0 0 824
Spotted Sandpiper 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ruddy Turnstone 437 3 37 44 13 225 62 29 38 14 42 95 12 16 14 190 1271
Purple Sandpiper 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12
Red Knot 0 20 0 3 0 13 58 183 0 0 14 0 7 0 46 242 586
Dunlin 0 500 1662 699 757 7367 1157 3073 658 526 4184 255 1257 1041 66 3253 26455
Sanderling 143 150 13 607 6 108 80 289 39 237 174 76 249 35 24 719 2949
Western Sandpiper 45 110 28 257 0 885 3 383 47 0 76 17 181 492 13 557 3094
Least Sandpiper 0 6 0 0 0 26 0 0 36 10 8 0 21 50 8 9 174
Total Number of Shorebirds 659 2102 1946 2034 794 9793 1592 5392 1115 962 5338 1096 2307 2113 221 8858 46322

OTHER SPECIES
ISLANDS--> TYB LTI WAS OSS SCB SCI BKB SAP WLF EIB LSSI SEA SSI JEK LCI CUI TOTALS
Mallard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Redhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ring-necked Duck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greater Scaup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
Lesser Scaup 0 0 22 15 0 149 13 0 300 0 80 0 0 24 35 2670 3308
scaup Sp. 0 0 33 0 0 0 100 134 0 2 8 54 0 43 0 0 374
Surf Scoter 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
White-winged Scoter 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Black Scoter 4 0 41 0 0 22 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 337 50 17 485
Scoter Sp. 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 662
Long-tailed Duck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bufflehead 9 0 62 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 25 0 0 0 0 0 115
Common Goldeneye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hooded Merganser 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 15 1 2 7 0 10 0 3 53
Red-breasted Merganser 1 0 87 1 0 8 356 18 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 482
Ruddy Duck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red-throated Loon 3 0 73 0 1 3 4 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 105
Common Loon 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12
Horned Grebe 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Northern Gannet 5 0 12 0 0 7 8 34 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 65 142
Brown Pelican 9 0 7 5 0 31 13 45 49 0 37 60 4 24 0 32 316
Double-crested Cormorant 601 0 4 4 1 132 29 203 85 0 1040 121 29 42 44 1079 3414
Great Blue Heron 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 24
Great Egret 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 27
Snowy Egret 2 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 22
Little Blue Heron 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 9
Tricolored Heron 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Reddish Egret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
White Ibis 5 0 0 0 0 5 32 0 0 0 1 4 0 13 0 10 70
Wood Stork 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Osprey 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 15
Bald Eagle Adult 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bald Eagle Immature 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6
Northern Harrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
American Kestrel 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Merlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1 0