Latest posts
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How to Select Binoculars for Birding
A frequent question we are asked is how to select a pair of binoculars to use for birding. It can certainly be confusing! In doing some research, we found an excellent article that will explain and provide opinions on all of the above topics. So if you are thinking of investing in a pair of
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Annual eBird Taxonomy Update
Do you use eBird to document your bird sightings? If you don’t and want to learn more about how to use eBird, contact us! If you already use eBird, you may be aware August is when the Cornell Lab of Ornithology updates “all eBird records with the latest scientific advances in bird taxonomy. New information
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SIB Member Profile: Cat & Charles Russo
Visitors to the Russo home are enthusiastically greeted by Tasha, a Cairn terrier. Her owners Cat and Charles moved to the lake district full-time two years ago. They had vacationed on Fripp and Jekyll Islands, but found them too remote for year-round living. Cat was acquainted with Johns Island, having visited Kiawah as a child,
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Birding in Rochester, NY
Believe it or not, Rochester, NY and Seabrook Island, SC are similarly located ……….. from a birder’s viewpoint. The Genesee River flows North through the center of the City west of us and extensive creek system feeds Irondequcit Bay — seen from our porch — immediately to the east. Both of these water bodies feed
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Watch: Wild About Painted Buntings
Wild About is a monthly video series produced by the Town of Kiawah, where each episode will focus on a particular element of nature, wildlife or the environment from life on Kiawah Island. This month features one of the special birds of the Lowcountry, the Painted Bunting. Learn how the biologists on Kiawah band these beautiful
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The Image Hunter: On the Trail of John James Audubon
Some of you “bird nerds” are familiar with the “Carolina Bird List Serve,” a way birders in SC and NC share information about birding. The information below was shared today by Carl Miller of Charleston, and it is such a great story we wanted to share it with you! For those who love birding AND art,
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SIB Member of the Month: Tori Langen
For those of you who know her, you might not be aware that Tori Langen is a birder. She’s better known as an avid and accomplished golfer and a darned good bridge player. But she also enjoys birding! Tori says that it was probably her father who got her interested in our feathered friends.
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SIB Evening Program: “A Pelican Briefing”
We interrupt the regularly scheduled emails about Hurricane Florence to invite you to SIB’s next evening program, “A Pelican Briefing”, presented by Dr. Patrick Jodice, on Thursday, September 27, 2018! We hope by then, life after Florence will have returned to normal and you will enjoy this exciting discussion about our Brown Pelicans and several
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Kiawah Conservancy presents “Taking Wings”
Shorebirds are a beautiful part of our little part of paradise. Neighboring Kiawah Island recently focused an afternoon sharing more information about these diminishing creatures. Six members of Seabrook Island Birders attended the Shorebird Symposium as presented by neighboring Kiawah Conservancy. The afternoon began with author Mary Alice Monroe giving a reading from her latest
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Are you as Smart as a Corvid???
Join Seabrook Island Birders for our 2nd Anniversary celebration at “Bird Brain Game Night”! If you haven’t done so, please RSVP now! And just to prove size of brain has nothing to do with your smarts, check out these two fascinating articles about the brain power of birds! Study Gives New Meaning to the Term