Least Tern
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Description Description Description
Small seabird. Light gray above, white
below. Black cap ending at white
forehead. Yellow bill with black tip.
Yellow legs. Small shorebird. Pale gray above, white
below with a narrow pale band across
chest that turns black in spring. Orange
legs. Black bill turns orange in spring. Medium stocky shorebird. Grayish-
brown in winter. Distinctive rusty color
in spring and summer. Black bill.
Status Status Migratory, breeder. Common spring
and summer. Uncommon fall. Migratory. Fairly common in fall,
winter, and spring. Migratory. Common in spring.
Uncommon in fall and winter.
Habitat Habitat Beach, ponds near ocean, surf. Beach, edges of tidal pool, and mudflats. Fun Fact Fun Fact Colonial nester on sandy beaches
and rooftops. Federally endangered.
April
American Oystercatcher
Black Skimmer
Dunlin
Least Tern
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Royal Tern
Sanderling
Semipalmated Plover
Whimbrel
Willet
Wilson’s Plover
SUMMER/FALL 2017 • VOLUME 38
American Oystercatcher
Black Skimmer
Dunlin
Least Tern
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Royal Tern
Sanderling
Semipalmated Plover
Whimbrel
Willet
Wilson’s Plover
Habitat
Beach.
Fun Fact
Threatened. In spring, thousands stage
on Kiawah before migrating to the
Arctic to breed.
May
Common
Common
Common
Common
Common
Abundant
Common
Common
Abundant
Uncommon
Common
Common
Status
Uncommon
Uncommon
Uncommon
Common
Uncommon
Abundant
Common
Uncommon
Common
Common
Common
Common
June
American Oystercatcher
Black Skimmer
Dunlin
Least Tern
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Royal Tern
Sanderling
Semipalmated Plover
Whimbrel
Willet
Wilson’s Plover
Unxommon
Uncommon
Rare
Common
Not found
Rare
Common
Rare
Uncommon
Uncommon
Uncommon
Common
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