Georgia Department of Natural Resources
WATERBIRD SURVEY RESULTS
14 January 2005
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 15 96 0 9 0 10 2 0 82 0 290 0 0 0 0 41 545
American Avocet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 15
Piping Plover 7 18 2 8 0 7 7 7 23 0 53 2 9 0 0 56 199
Wilson's Plover 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 44
Semipalmated Plover 0 383 0 0 0 252 50 369 136 0 93 28 321 40 0 1273 2945
Killdeer 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 9
Black-bellied Plover 52 345 53 42 0 151 83 26 116 0 137 47 10 19 0 159 1240
Marbled Godwit 0 3 35 0 0 143 0 7 12 0 159 0 2 0 0 3 364
Whimbrel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Long-billed Curlew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5
Willet 5 22 115 51 0 191 100 218 23 0 160 27 57 52 0 28 1049
Greater Yellowlegs 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 31
Lesser Yellowlegs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18
Yellowlegs Sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson's Snipe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dowitcher: Short-billed 0 760 0 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 280 0 212 1484
Dowitcher: Long-billed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dowitcher Sp. 62 0 80 0 0 63 3 0 3 0 75 108 51 0 0 0 445
Spotted Sandpiper 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ruddy Turnstone 162 9 8 23 0 140 40 16 46 0 48 49 18 11 0 445 1015
Purple Sandpiper 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Red Knot 0 5 7 2 0 25 1455 35 0 0 19 926 675 0 0 214 3363
Dunlin 72 1370 520 871 0 1666 942 277 1011 0 7461 445 820 140 0 456 16051
Sanderling 79 507 12 234 0 95 260 228 273 0 76 146 497 46 0 695 3148
Western Sandpiper 0 120 17 5 0 1316 6 40 186 0 221 3 129 285 0 590 2918
Least Sandpiper 0 6 2 0 0 17 0 1 24 0 123 0 3 250 0 3 429
Total Number of Shorebirds 466 3650 852 1246 0 4296 2948 1224 1967 0 8955 1784 2594 1138 0 4213 35333

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 4 0 0 4
Ring-necked Duck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 0 0 182
Greater Scaup 0 0 0 108 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 120
Lesser Scaup 0 0 4400 0 0 92 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 2863 7408
Scaup Sp. 0 0 0 275 0 423 0 135 0 0 25 75,000 1 0 0 0 75859
Surf Scoter 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 157
White-winged Scoter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black Scoter 0 0 2 98 0 1204 3 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1604
scoter Sp. 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,000 0 0 0 0 4075
Long-tailed Duck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bufflehead 26 40 127 15 0 52 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 286
Common Goldeneye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hooded Merganser 0 8 6 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 5 69
Red-breasted Merganser 7 120 38 15 0 3 16 8 0 0 11 1 0 5 0 1807 2031
Ruddy Duck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17
Red-throated Loon 7 0 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29
Common Loon 0 10 6 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24
Horned Grebe 0 300 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 305
Northern Gannet 61 40 80 4 0 26 21 56 0 0 0 4 0 19 0 34 345
Brown Pelican 86 120 133 143 6 405 10 587 56 0 15 57 79 147 0 316 2160
Double-crested Cormorant 114 140 116 53 30 133 125 80 276 0 143 35 3 42 0 374 1664
Great Blue Heron 0 4 2 1 0 9 6 2 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 35
Great Egret 0 5 0 1 0 12 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 36
Snowy Egret 0 2 0 4 0 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 51 0 2 70
Little Blue Heron 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tricolored Heron 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 19
Reddish Egret 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
White Ibis 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0 3 54
Wood Stork 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 25
Osprey 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
Bald Eagle Adult 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bald Eagle Immature 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9
Northern Harrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
American Kestrel 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Merlin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 0 0 0 2 0