National Wildlife Refuges National Parks Acreage of Important Bird Areas 8 6 802,830 Like the adjacent Carolina to its north, South Carolina encompasses Atlantic coastal habitats and Appalachian highlands—just in a more compact area. The result is a state species list of more than 430 that ranges from the seagoing Northern Gannet to the mountain-loving Common Raven. There’s plenty of tourist development along the South Carolina coast, including Hilton Head Island and Myrtle Beach, but there’s also lots of wild, birdy habitat in parks and wildlife refuges. For many people, major highlights of the state’s natural history are protected areas of southern bottomland hardwood and bald-cypress swamp, such as Congaree National Park and Francis Beidler Forest 福利姬视频 Center and Sanctuary. In the Francis Marion National Forest and other pinewoods areas, birders can find the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the...