SC records Most Wintering Orioles for 4th Straight Year

Long known for its hospitality to visiting Northerners, South Carolina can now claim to be the state where Baltimore orioles feel most at home during the winter. For the fourth year in a row, South Carolina had the largest number of orioles wintering in the United States. Those results were recorded during the fourth annual Baltimore Oriole Winter Survey, conducted by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Feb. 16-19. SCDNR’s survey was held in conjunction with the Great Backyard Bird Count, (GBBC). Tapping into this longstanding citizen-scientist project allowed SCDNR to get a better picture of the status and distribution of this beautiful songbird wintering in the Palmetto State.