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Ask SIB: Do Birds Cooperate to Chase off Predatory Birds?
Question: I saw something that that I thought interesting . We have a blue bird box and a Carolina Wren nest around 50 feet apart. A large Crow landed on the Bluebird box. Both the males attacked the crow to drive it off. Were they working together or as individuals? The Bluebird stood on the top
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Ask SIB – More Birds Mobbing
Question: Hi, Today I was walking not far from a pond with high reeds. A big heron was standing on the ground minding his own business when suddenly a red wing blackbird exploded out of the reeds and attacked the heron. The big guy took off and the red wing kept after him for twenty
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Ask SIB: What Species are “Henry & Henrietta?”
Question: Does anyone know definitively what type of hawks are pretty much living behind the Lake House? I’m thinking red shouldered, since tail has black and white bands when flying. I call them Henry and Henrietta. They can often be seen sitting on the bird house next to the lake, or on the roof, or the
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Ask SIB – Size of Opening for a Carolina Wren Nest Box
QUESTION: Every year Carolina Wrens nest in my front and backyard, either in the hanging plants, generic birdhouses I’ve received as gifts, etc. This year I bought some wren houses from Woodlink but the opening is only 1″ round. In googling it, I see “expert” sites contradicting themselves – recommending 1 1/8 or 1 1/2
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Ask SIB: Nesting Anhingas
Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) welcome questions from our community of birding friends! If you have one, just fill out the form on our website or send us an email! I’ve seen a male and female Anhinga, I assume a mating pair, on Jenkins Point Road in the lagoon rookery on the right. You know better
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Ask SIB: How Do I Keep Squirrels Out of My Feeders?
Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) welcome questions from our community of birding friends! If you have one, just fill out the form on our website or send us an email! I’m having a problem with pesky bossy squirrels that are cleaning out my bird feeders taking the great majority of the seed. I read that one
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Ask SIB: How to Keep Ants off the Hummingbird Feeder
Is there any way to keep ants out of my Hummingbird feeders? There is a little cup in the middle that is supposed to keep them out but nonetheless they crawl in through the ports, then get trapped and most of them drown. Melodie Murphy To keep ants off of a hummingbird feeder, you need
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Ask SIB: Why is this Northern Cardinal Doing This?
This is a common question we receive from Seabrook Island Birder (SIB) members! Have you ever seen this behavior at your home? We have a female cardinal that continues to try and get into the house. Generally 3-4 times a day she flies up the window sometimes she perched on the sill looking in. This
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Ask SIB: Where Have All the Pelicans Gone?
SIB Received this email on Sunday 8/16/20: Dear SIB Our daughter has been renting a villa on Rolling Dunes, next to boardwalk #1, for two weeks. We spend part of most days there, especially in the evening. For two weeks, our 13-month old granddaughter, Sofia, loved being out on the porch or deck in the
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Ask SIB … What can I do for Starling invasion?
We often receive questions about birds from our members and residents of Seabrook Island. This week, Carl recently sent us this question: Starlings have taken over my feeders. They discovered it about a month ago. Now they arrive each morning and occupy every feeding slot for hours, consuming lots of birdseed and depriving the finches,