I agree Steve. Birding is fun, and the better you know the place, the more things you see. My favorite place is also MY yard. I know it well.

Another favorite place is Huntington Beach State Park just South of Myrtle. I can camp there a few days, and it gets better everyday as I fit in. Another plus there is in a few scattered places are logs where people note what they are seeing. It really makes it fun to know what to look for as I am not up on shore birds and that helps me ID.