South Carolina wildlife: what to see & when

Common and loud in low-country thickets

Widespread breeding summer resident in coastal areas

declining along coast due to habitat loss and cowbird parasitism

Common summer resident, present across state

Neotropical migrant, common in southeastern swamps during breeding

Widespread year-round resident in forests and woodlands

Common resident and spring migrant in swamps

Common in coastal plain longleaf pine and Carolina bay wetlands

Species of special concern; protected in South Carolina

Common and widespread in southeastern wetlands

Widespread but secretive; rare to see