10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

For many birders a highlight of birding the southeastern United States, maybe even the definitive birding experience of the region, is taking in the great numbers and diversity of long-legged wading birds. I discovered this surprising water bird bonanza at Huntington Beach State Park in Georgetown County, South Carolina.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

My family and I were staying at the edge of a sand beach, facing a wide flat in a house charmingly named “Bone Ami.” I had only seen that distinctive feature once before, on the much darker sands of Folly Beach in South Carolina. Abaco is beautiful. The best part? However, there was something different.

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Bahamas South Carolina United States Florida 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

The search for the next new bird is that much more fulfilling when you’re limited to the smallest of the arbitrary political boundaries in the United States, and the search for those birds necessitates a broad working knowledge of the county of the sort that can only be attained through experience.

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