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Recent Sightings of Interest
During the month of June, in addition to the previously reported Roseate Spoonbills, there have been some interesting bird sightings on Seabrook we want to share with you. Andy Allen reported seeing a Swallow-tailed Kite in early June over the Cassique Golf Course on Seabrook/Kiawah Islands. Nancy Brown and Flo Foley have seen the Mississippi Kites
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We want your opinion! Take the Plastic Bag Survey.
SIB Members We need your help in completing and also sharing a short survey about plastic bags to citizens and business owners. Background: A local coalition, consisting of government, business, citizen and conservation organizations is interested in gathering data on citizen and business opinion regarding plastic bag use in the Charleston Metro area. Locally
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Test Your Knowledge of Passerines
We thought you might need a break from all the clean-up work left by Hurricane Matthew so grab a piece of paper and pen and test your knowledge! We began our “Bird of the Week” series in March and we hope you have been able to learn a few things about our feathered friends. This week
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Roseate Spoonbill Sighting
Below is a note we received today from a Seabrook Island Resident. Dear Birders, I’m not normally a big bird-watcher, but when I was riding my bike on Sunday, August 14, around 4pm on Marsh Gate Drive, I looked over and saw a roseate spoonbill feeding amidst the herons and other waders… The birds were
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Ed Konrad’s Birding Flickr site
It’s been a wonderful spring and summer for birding and photography on Seabrook Island! My Birding Flickr site is updated with Aija’s sightings and my photos from around Seabrook Island over the past few months. You may enjoy seeing the many species and action on North Beach, and in our ponds and marshes…the Piping Plover
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Ask SIB – Why do so many birds have white bellies?
If you pay close attention, you will see this general color pattern in not just birds, but in a wide array of species, in everything from insects, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals. There must be an evolutionary advantage! Back in 1896, Abbott H. Thayer wrote a paper describing the dark top, light underneath as a