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Francis Marion National Forest

Robin Carter

Directions

For your first visit to Francis Marion National Forest you should first visit the See Wee Visitors Center on US 17 in Awendaw for information. To reach the See Wee Visitor Center go north on US 17 from Charleston for about 21 miles, or go south on US 17 from Georgetown for about 38 miles. The Visitor Center is on the east side of US 17.

Birds to look for

Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup (w), Hooded Merganser (w), Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite, Anhinga. Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Cattle Egret (s), Green Heron (s), Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (s), White Ibis, Osprey, Swallow-tailed Kite (s), Mississippi Kite, Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, Yellow-billed Cuckoo (s), Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Common Nighthawk (s), Chuck-will's-widow (s), Whip-poor-will (s), Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee (s), Acadian Flycatcher (s), Eastern Phoebe (w), Great Crested Flycatcher (s), Eastern Kingbird (s), Blue-headed Vireo (w), White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown-headed Nuthatch, House Wren (w), Winter Wren (w), Eastern Bluebird, Wood Thrush (s), Gray Catbird, Orange-crowned Warbler (w), Northern Parula (s), Yellow-rumped Warbler (w), Black-throated Green Warbler (s), Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler (w), American Redstart (s), Prothonotary Warbler (s), Worm-eating Warbler (s), Swainson's Warbler (s), Ovenbird (spring, fall), Northern Waterthrush (spring, fall), Louisiana Waterthrush (s), Kentucky Warbler (s), Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler (s), Yellow-breasted Chat (s), Summer Tanager (s), Eastern Towhee, Bachman's Sparrow (s), Chipping Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow (w), Henslow's Sparrow (w), Le Conte's Sparrow (w), Fox Sparrow (w), Blue Grosbeak (s), Indigo Bunting (s), Painted Bunting (s)

Description

Francis Marion National Forest has a very wide range of habitats, including longleaf pine savannas, floodplain forest, bald cypress-water tupelo sloughs, pine plantations, and even a bit of salt marsh. Many birders are attracted by the piney woods and Deep South specialties that are found here relatively easily, including Swallow-tailed Kite, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Swainson's Warbler, Bachman's Sparrow, and Painted Bunting. Stop by the See Wee Visitor Center or check out the web site of the Cape Romain Bird Observatory for help in find these and many other species of birds.

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