A winter bird count was conducted in February 2022. The following data was collected and uploaded to eBird, hosted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

    Species
    Count
    Location
    Observation Date
  


    Mourning Dove
    3
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    American Oystercatcher
    1
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Black-bellied Plover
    20
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Semipalmated Plover
    401
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Piping Plover
    1
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Marbled Godwit
    14
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Ruddy Turnstone
    30
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Sanderling
    1
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Dunlin
    627
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Least Sandpiper
    10
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Western Sandpiper
    115
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Short-billed Dowitcher
    316
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Greater Yellowlegs
    3
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Willet
    3
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Ring-billed Gull
    7
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Herring Gull
    1
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Forster's Tern
    5
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    American White Pelican
    10
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Common Grackle
    25
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

    Grackle sp.
    6
    Morse Creek - Bay Point Island IBA
    14-Feb-22
  

Winter bird count at the interior Wetland (02/13/2022) resulted in
8 species and 17 individuals identified.

    Species
    Count
    Location
    Observation Date
  


    Great Egret
    2
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    Snowy Egret
    4
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    Little Blue Heron
    1
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    Tricolored Heron
    4
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    White Ibis
    2
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    Black Vulture
    2
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    1
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

    Northern Mockingbird
    1
    Freshwater Gator Hole, Bay POint Island, Beaufort US-SC (32.2625,-80.6304)
    13-Feb-22
  

Winter bird count on the Outer Beach area (02/14/2022) resulted in
6 species and 14 individuals identified.

Winter bird count at the interior Wetland (02/13/2022) resulted in
8 species and 17 individuals identified.

    Species
    Count
    Location
    Observation Date
  


    Bufflehead
    2
    Bay Point Island - Outer Beach
    14-Feb-22
  

    Piping Plover
    2
    Bay Point Island - Outer Beach
    14-Feb-22
  

    Red Knot
    3
    Bay Point Island - Outer Beach
    14-Feb-22
  

    Sanderling
    4
    Bay Point Island - Outer Beach
    14-Feb-22
  

    Least Sandpiper
    2
    Bay Point Island - Outer Beach
    14-Feb-22
  

    Forster's Tern
    1
    Bay Point Island - Outer Beach
    14-Feb-22
  