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Savannah Sparrow

Fort Pulaski National Monument supports many species of birds. While visiting, you may catch a glimpse of one of the many protected species that have been identified at the park, including: American oystercatcher, bald eagle, gull-billed tern, least tern, and woodstork.

Large populations of both resident and migratory birds are present. The park provides nesting habitat for the painted bunting, a species of special concern due to loss of neotropical wintering grounds. A glimpse of this colorful and secretive bird is a treat you will not soon forget.

Other bird species found on Cockspur Island include:

Pelican, Comorants, Heron, Egret, Ibis

• Brown Pelican
• Double-creasted Cormorant
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Little Blue Heron
• Cattle Egret
• Great-backed Heron
• White Ibis
• Geese
• Ducks
• Vultures
• Hawks
• Eagles
• Falcons

Geese, Vultures, Hawks, Eagles Falcons

• Lesser Scaup
• Hooded Merganser
• Turkey Vulture
• Osprey
• American Kestrel
• Doves
• Owles
• Swifts
• Hummingbirds
• Kingfishers
• Woodpeckers

Doves, Owls, Swifts, Hummingbirds,Woodpeckers

• Rock Dove
• Mourning Dove
• Chimmey Swift
• Belted Kingfisher
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Nothern Flicker
• Common Barn Owl
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Buntings
• Sparrows
• Blackbirds
• Orioles
• Finches 

Buntings, Sparrows, Blackbirds, Orioles, Finches

• Nothern Cardinal
• Painted Bunting
• Savannah Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Boat-tailed Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Orchard
• Oriole American
• Goldfinch Starlings
• Vireos
• Wood Wabblers

Starlings, Vieros, Wood Warblers

• American Robin
• Gray Catbird
• Nothern Mockingbird
• Cedar Waxwing
• European Starling
• White-eyed Vireo
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Pine Warbler
• Praire Warbler
• American Redstart Rails
• Gulls
• Shorebirds

Rails, Gulls, Shorebirds

• Northern Bobwhite
• Clapper Rail
• Black-belled Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Willet
• Red Knot Dunlin
• Dowitcher
• Common Snipe
• Laughing Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Royal Tern
• Common Tern
• Foster's Tern