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Ask SIB: Can you identify this feather?
Question: Can you help me identify this feather? – 3 separate recent requests. One important reminder – Feathers are protected. If you find a feather, study it, photograph it, appreciate it, but leave it where you found it. Under federal law it is illegal to take them home. If you plan to identify later, make…
Trail Cam Reveals Piping Plover Challenges
We’ve presented several articles about the challenges our shorebirds face. Audubon North Carolina recently published an article about a pair of Piping Plovers on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The use of trail cameras to record the challenges while minimizing the disturbance to the birds is a solution that made interesting reading. Hope you…
Can You Understand Bird?
Spend a few minutes to read the New York Times article and take the quiz. I know I learned more about bird songs.
Ask SIB: Size of Hole for Nesting “Box”
Question: A pair of Carolina Wrens made a nest in our pellet stove vent pipe and the grate is only one inch squares. Will the babies be able to get out?
SIB “Bird of the Week” – Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird:Family – TrochilidaeSpecies – Archilochus colubrisLength: 3 – 3.75”; Wingspan: 4.25 – 4.5”; Weight: 0.1 oz (Submitted by Ron Schlidge) The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the only hummer known by most Easterners and has a range that covers most of eastern North America. Both sexes have glittering green crown and upperparts, and the underparts are…
National Audubon visits Seabrook Island
On Monday May 1, 2023, Seabrook hosted several member of National Audubon’s communication team. The purpose of their visit was to see our Red Knots, learn more on about our Shorebird Steward program and our successful pet/dog ordinance. They were joined by SC Audubon members, Alyssa Zebrowski and Nolan Schillerstrom and Seabrook Stewards, Nancy Chomel,…
SIB Travels: Southeastern Arizona, July 14-22, 2023, Chasing Rarities
Recently, Craig Watson and Pam Ford visited Arizona and not only shared their eBird lists with SIB but wrote about their adventures. Pam Ford and I had been to Arizona on two previous occasions, but this year we saw that several “life” birds and rare birds were being observed in the same place for weeks,…
SIB Travels: To Canada and Alaska – Part Three
If Alaska isn’t on your bucket list, you might want to add it. Whether for the scenery, wildlife, or history, Alaska is a formidable and impressive destination, and one that appeals to people from all walks of life. The last leg of our journey would be a combination of sea and land, taking us to…
SIB Reports: The Chronicles of Woody Jr
Shar and her good friend Gloria Wilson regularly do water aerobics at our POA Pool, next to our townhouse. On or about July 17th their attention was drawn to a partially dead birch tree, just outside the fence next to our entry road. What got their attention were bird calls, which they quickly identified as…
SIB “Bird of the Week” – Black Skimmer
Black Skimmer – Rynchops nigerLength: 18″; Wingspan: 44″; Weight: 11 oz. We are among a lucky few to have the Black Skimmer along our beaches. As you can see from the map below, this dramatic and beautiful bird populates only a very small portion of the United States. Aside from its striking black and white…