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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
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SCDNR shorebird leader named biologist of the year
Many members of Seabrook Island Birders have met Felicia Sanders. She has presented an evening program and leads the Red Knot banding program on the island. The press release below details the well deserved recognition Felicia recently received. —- NEWS RELEASE —-For Immediate Release SCDNR shorebird leader named biologist of the year COLUMBIA, S.C. (Oct. 29, 2020) — Felicia
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Take a Look at the “Bird Library”
We hope you enjoy this article and livestream of a special library! Thanks to Joleen Ardaiolo for sharing this story from Time.com. Take a Moment to Dip Into the Miniature World of This Library For Bird While many libraries across the country have closed due to coronavirus, there’s one library that’s staying open — and its flocks of
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Bird Song Opera
We hope you enjoy this short video shared with us by Charley Moore. ShakeUp Music recomposed the Magic Flute “Papageno/Papagena” Duet into a colorful Mozart bird aria. Listen to an audiovisual Twitterstorm performed by our feathered fellows. Keep the birds on singing. www.shakeup.de
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How To Make These Next Few Weeks A Little Easier, Courtesy Of Birds
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has numerous resources to entertain and educate people of all ages while we are keeping our social distance. From live cams, to games to courses. So if you run out of closets to clean and cupboards to organize, click on the links below! Here at Bird Cams, we recognize that the world is facing
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Happy Mother’s Day from SIB
Stuck in the house? Miss birding? Think there is nothing but what is at your feeder to watch? During the past month I have spent most of my time on our porch, but I am usually reading and/or glancing only at the feeder activity. Lately, I have started looking up rather than down and out
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What Bird Makes this Sound?
Each spring, Seabrook Island Birders receive many requests for us to identify the bird that makes this sound. Even if you have never seen this bird, chances are if you live or spend time in the spring on Seabrook Island, you have heard him after dusk and before sunrise! The bird we are hearing is
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Look Hoo We Found!
Early in January, several diehard members of Seabrook Island Birders were able to find a pair of Great Horned Owls and their potential nest at the conservancy lot on Cat Tail Pond Road on Seabrook Island, SC. In the past several months, the owls have been re-sighted by a number of people, both from the