In the spring and summer months, birders can see wood storks, black-bellied whistling ducks, painted buntings, swallow-tail kites and yellow-throated warblers.
During migration season in the fall, a variety of shore birds come through the area. In the winter, migrating water fowl and bald eagles can be observed in abundance.
Set your sites on the ample deer, wild turkey, bobwhite quail, gray squirrel and many types of birds located at Webb Wildlife Center, located along the Savannah River.
This 5,866-acre wildlife mecca provides excellent viewing and regulated hunting.
Visitors can also explore the mysterious blackwater rivers on canoe and explore extensive nature trails on foot.
South Carolina's newest nature-based attraction, this 842-acre park offers visitors the ultimate Lowcountry nature experience, including a network of boardwalks, hiking, biking and canoe trails that provide a perfect vantage point to observe the diversity of wildlife inhabiting the black water bottomland.
The most historically significant of these paths follows the Colonial-era Charleston-to-Savannah Stagecoach Road still bearing the cypress remnants of long-fallen bridges.
Recognized by Audubon as an "Important Bird Area," the Donnelley Wildlife Management Area is a state-owned, 8,048-acre tract that encompasses a diversity of wetland and upland habitats, including managed rice fields, forested wetlands, tidal marsh, agricultural lands and upland forests.
Widely considered to be one of the best birding areas in the state, visitors can see a number of rare species, including the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Eurasian Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, Common Goldeneye, Roseate Spoonbill, Black Rail, American Avocet, Hudsonian Godwit, White-winged Dove, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Western Tanager and LeConte's Sparrow.
This state-owned property features 4,000 acres and ranges from woods to wetlands to fields.
The beach ranks second along the South Carolina coast for sea turtle nesting and provides one of the rare nesting areas for Wilson's plovers and the Least Tern, both threatened bird species in South Carolina.
A rare treasure that we feel mixed about sharing... tread lightly and help keep it pristine.
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