Greenville County
Bird Club

Upstate South Carolina

Greenville County Bird Club

Upstate South Carolina

Birding Locations

We are frequently asked where to go locally to find birds. Fortunately, there are many resources online and in print to help find a great nearby birding spot. In the pages linked below, we provide information for some of our favorite spots, but many more are detailed on the Carolina Bird Club website, which has separate pages for South Carolina and North Carolina, as well as in the books referenced on our Literature page. Cornell's eBird is also a great resource for finding birding locations.

For the sites described on the pages linked below, relevant pages in the cited books are given. For sites with eBird hotspots or a description on the CBC website, links are also provided.

Upstate SC Locations
Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Cherokee Counties

Coastal SC Locations
The South Carolina coast and coastal plain

Midlands SC Locations
Not quite the coast, not quite the Upstate

Western NC Locations
North Carolina mountains and foothills near the South Carolina Upstate

Georgia Locations
Information for Georgia birding spots can be found in Birding Georgia, by Giff Beaton. While this book is out-of-print, used copies may be found at online retailers. Georgia Audubon's website has this page with details for some GA birding locations. Current information about Georgia sightings is shared on the GA Birds Online email listserv, as well as on eBird.