Birds of Jekyll Island Wall Art

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The smallest of Georgia’s barrier islands, Jekyll Island is home to pristine and quiet beaches, tidal salt marshes, and diverse dense coastal forests of live oak, pine, magnolia, cedar, and palmetto.

A major site along the Atlantic Migratory Flyway and habitat for migrating shorebirds, Jekyll Island’s natural habitat provides an ideal setting for some of the most diverse and plentiful bird watching in the United States.

Jekyll’s bird population includes:

• 10 Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies Order Accipitriformes.
• 20 Waterfowl Order Anseriformes.
• 4 Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, and Allies Order Caprimulgiformes.
• 2 New World Vultures Order Cathartiformes.
• 58 Shorebirds and Allies Order Charadriiformes.
• 1 Storks Order Ciconiiformes.
• 4 Pigeons and Doves Order Columbiformes.