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Colonial Coast Birding Trail
CHATHAM COUNTY 8 9 10
• Fort Pulaski National Monument
• Tybee Island North Beach
• Skidaway Island State Park PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS – JACK WOLF PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS – STEVE EMMONS PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS – RYAN HODNETT
• Savannah-Ogeechee Canal
BRYAN COUNTY
• Fort McAllister State Historic Park
LIBERTY COUNTY
• Fort Morris State Historic Site
• Melon Bluff Nature Preserve
MCINTOSH COUNTY American Crow Sandhill Crane Mourning Dove
• Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge (Corvus brachyrhynchos) (Antigone canadensis) (Zenaida macroura) TOP 10 GEORGIA BIRDS
• Ansley Hodges M.A.R.S.H. Project
Thought to be among our most Southeast Georgia and northern The light gray and brown mourning
GLYNN COUNTY intelligent birds, the American crow Florida are the wintering grounds of dove is one of the most abundant and
• Hofwyl-Broadfield State Historic Site has adapted to civilization. Their these migratory birds that breed in widespread birds in North America.
• Gould’s Inlet & East Beach (SSI) distinctive caw is a familiar sound. the Great Lakes region and Canada. It is also the leading gamebird. The
• Jekyll Island – North End The American crow is all black, with You’ll likely hear their bugle-like species is generally monogamous,
• Jekyll Island – Causeway iridescent feathers. They are smaller calls before you see a V-shaped flock with two squabs (young) per brood.
• Jekyll Island – South End
than the common raven, measuring of them flying overhead. The adults Both parents incubate and care for
CAMDEN COUNTY between 16 and 20 inches, almost half stand nearly four feet tall and have a the young. Mourning doves eat almost
• Crooked River State Park of which is tail. wingspan that is six feet or more. exclusively seeds.
• Cumberland Island National Seashore
CHARLTON COUNTY
• Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
List Source: gbbc.birdsource.org
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