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Kiawah Island Banding Station
Kiawah Island is located next door to Seabrook Island, SC. Did you know the Kiawah Island Banding Station (KIBS) consists of two banding sites located on private lands at the far western and eastern ends of Kiawah Island? The Captain Sam’s Site located at the western end of the island was established in 2009 by
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Fall Warbler Sightings
Ed and I have had a fine week of fall warblers at Palmetto Lake. We have had Yellow, American Redstart, Prairie, Yellow-throated, Back-and-White and Northern Parula! Most have been found in the trees and hedge by the soccer goal. The Yellow has been particularly regular here, from the soccer goal to the Lake House side
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Painted Bunting Palooza
We received this note from Jennifer Hesterman this past week: Hello, thought you would enjoy this photo, taken after the storm on August 26th at 6:30 PM – 3 males and 7 females and/or immature males. And two water-logged cardinals 🙂 Jenni
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SIB supports current Beach Rules for Pets
In October 2019, the Town of Seabrook Island enacted revised Beach Rules for Pets which in part, moved the “Pets of Leash” area. Town Council is scheduled to conduct a one-year review of Ordinance 2019-09 during its Ways and Means Committee meeting on Tues. September 8, 2020, at 1:00 pm. Please submit your comments prior
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Ghost Bird
On Sunday, September 10, 2020, The Post and Courier featured a fascinating article on a bird native to South Carolina called the Black Rail. Even a non-birder will enjoy this well-written article about an elusive bird, also known as the “Ghost Bird”, that is declining in numbers, but has yet to make it on the
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Special Captive Reared Piping Plovers Seen on Seabrook Island, SC’s North Beach
Update: October 11, 2020 We certainly don’t see these individual Piping Plovers every day. We had not seen “Big VB” since September 5, but then Ed & Aija Konrad saw him on North Beach on October 7 & 8, 2020. On October 9, 2020, I reported another of the 2020 Great Lakes captive reared pipers,
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Watch: “Birding the Lewis & Clark Trail”
What happens when an avid birdwatcher and her photographer, who’s also a history buff, go on a 28-day road trip from Atlanta to the Oregon coast…tracing, birding, photographing the route of the Lewis and Clark 1803-1806 Corps of Discovery Expedition … 8,900 miles, 17 states, 269000 hotel points, countless birding adventures, and incredible scenery and
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Birds of a Feather …
With so many birds on Seabrook Island you expect to find an occasional feather in your yard or on your walks. Identifying a single feather can be tricky. When we look at a bird we are looking at the sum of all its feather parts. Compare it to jigsaw puzzles. If several puzzles were tossed
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CCPR – Virtual Citizen Science Series: eBird
eBird is one of the world’s largest biodiversity related science projects, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year by eBirders around the world. Learn about best practices to ensure high quality submissions to eBird from Keith McCullough, local eBird Reviewer and Natural History Interpretation Coordinator for Charleston County Parks. Keith will also
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Great Horned Owl Rescue
On September 21st, Brent Guyton found a Great Horned Owl under the deck of his home on Seabrook Island Road. The owl was awake and aware of Brent’s presence, but was not moving. Brent’s wife, Cindy, called SI Security and they advised her to call The Center for Birds of Prey which has an avian