Birds of South Carolina
        (a partial listing with images)

Shore Birds  

American Oyster Catcher , Haematapus palliatus adult Black-necked Stilt , Himantopus mexicanus adult Black Skimmer , Rynchops niger adult Common Tern , Sterna hirundo no pictures at this time Laughing Gull , Larus atricilla adult adult adult Least Tern , Sterna antillarum adults Lesser Yellowlegs , Tringa flavipes adult Common Tern , Sterna hirundo no pictures at this time Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis adult and juvenile adult with immatures adult and immature tail/wing immature fishing in surf Sanderling , Calidris alba adult Solitary Sandpiper , Tringa solitaria adult Willet , Catoptrophorus semipalmatus adults adult and young Wilson's Plover , Charadrius wilsonia adult adult, male

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