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2025 SI Eastern Bluebird Trail Season
The beauty and vitality of Eastern Bluebirds depends on the efforts of a dedicated team of volunteers who monitor and protect their nesting sites. In this blog, we shine a spotlight on these unsung heroes who play a crucial role in conserving Eastern Bluebirds and share their inspiring stories. Our Eastern Bluebird Trails on Seabrook
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2024 SI Eastern Bluebird Trail Season
The beauty and vitality of Eastern Bluebirds depends on the efforts of a dedicated team of volunteers who monitor and protect their nesting sites. In this blog, we shine a spotlight on these unsung heroes who play a crucial role in conserving Eastern Bluebirds and share their inspiring stories. Our Eastern Bluebird Trails on Seabrook
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Ask SIB: Why are Eastern Bluebirds Building a Nest in November?
I think our Eastern Bluebirds are confused? They’ve begun building a nest in their box. I cleaned it out when we returned to SC in mid-October and this week we’ve seen them entering a few times and starting a nest. Any explanation? Nancy Brown, Johns Island, SC Answer: Interesting behavior. “Our” EABL don’t migrate. Others
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SI Eastern Bluebird Trail
The beauty and vitality of Eastern Bluebirds depends on the efforts of a dedicated team of volunteers who monitor and protect their nesting sites. In this blog, we shine a spotlight on these unsung heroes who play a crucial role in conserving Eastern Bluebirds and share their inspiring stories. Our Eastern Bluebird Trails on Seabrook
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Bluebirds have started nesting!
The Eastern Bluebirds have started to build their nests! Monday morning, four different SIB members reported seeing nesting material being taken into boxes. Susanne Brown’s box with a camera has captured the work in progress. Expect a blog later showing a chronological series of pictures from her box. To all Seabrook Island Birders – The
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Up Close & Personal with Eastern Bluebirds
You may have read the recent article regarding the winter behaviors of Eastern Bluebirds. Today, I want to tell you about the nifty gift I gave my mom for Christmas. My parents live on Johns Island just 25 minutes from our home on Seabrook Island. A couple years ago SIB member Carl Voelker was helping
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Ask SIB: Eastern Bluebird Winter Behavior
On January 9, 2021, Andy wrote SIB, “Today we saw maybe half dozen blue birds and one was sitting on the entry hole. Isn’t it early for them to be nesting? Has the warm weather put them off schedule?” The questions are relatively easy to answer. Yes, it is too early for them to be
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Bluebird Visit Starts New Year on a Good Note
My sister writes a weekly column for the Berkshire Eagle paper of Pittsfield, MA. Lots of subjects, but she is an ardent birder (much better than I). I thought you and others would be interested in this one! George Haskings, founding member of Seabrook Island Birders, now residing in Webster, NY
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Bluebird Statistics YTD
Hello fellow Bluebirders, Our Eastern Bluebird season is not over yet. We have until Aug 9th, but I thought I would send y’all some stats so far. I will report full stats at the end of the year. I also give these stats to the Environmental committee, the Seabrook Island Club, SIB and South Carolina
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2018 Eastern Bluebird Trails Summary
The Seabrook Island Bluebird Society was started on Seabrook Island to help the Eastern Bluebird (see our “Bird of the Week” blog from 2016 to learn more about the Eastern Bluebird). The 2018 nesting season has come to an end. If you didn’t know, the Eastern Bluebird is a small member of the thrush family