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SIB Member Profile – Valerie Luzadder
Valerie moved here from Indiana with her husband Patrick in 2017 in search ofbetter weather and new adventures. They were both immediately enthralled withthe wide variety of birds, many of which they had never even heard of or seen! Thefirst purchase they made was a pair of binoculars. Every year, Valerie and Patrick repair and
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Sad news: George Haskins obituary
Seabrook Island Birders recently lost one of its founders. George Haskins passed away on November 2, 2025, at the age of 92. For many years, George spent his winters on Seabrook Island, moving away only a few years ago when he was no longer able to make the trip from Syracuse, NY. While on Seabrook
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SIB Member Profile – Mary Wilde
Mary Wilde and her family have owned on Seabrook Island since 2010. Like many, they came for a family vacation years earlier and never forgot it. Mary loved all the focus on the environment and the diverse non-human inhabitants, and was fascinated by the many interesting ecosystems in a small area. She now toggles back
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SIB Member Profile: Claudia Porter
Claudia Porter was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles. After graduating from Occidental College with a degree in French Literature, she began working at Bullock’s, a division of Federated Department Stores. Claudia met Stuart Hotchkiss at Bullock’s and they took their first international trip together to London, with Frommer’s “Europe on $5
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SIB Member Profile: Shar and Alan Fink
Shar and Alan met at a group golf outing in 2019 and shortly thereafter began dating. They joined households in 2020 and confirmed their love for each other, during Covid, traveling back and forth between Shar’s home in Lake Norman, North Carolina and Alan’s home in Johns Island, South Carolina. When it came time to
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SIB Member Profile: Bob & Eileen Mercer
Silver Lake Park is a 465 acre wildlife and recreational property in Bucks County, PA. Bucks County is north of Philadelphia and across the river from New Jersey. The lake within the park was created as a man-made mill pond with the 1687 building of a dam on Otter Creek. Much of what was once
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Caw Caw Features Art of a SIB Member
As you know, our group has many talented members, including artists of all types. One of those is Chris Correale, who is featured this quarter at the Caw Caw Interpretive Center County Park, located about 35 minutes from the gates of Seabrook Island at 5200 Savannah Hwy., Ravenel, SC 29470. Please welcome our first featured artist
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Remarkable Birds: Highlights of an indolent, but veteran Bird-watcher
A thank-you goes out to Seabrook Island Birders member Chuck Bensonhaver for submitting the article below regarding his birding experiences. Introduction : I took up watching birds as a teenager in Lancaster, Ohio. Charles Goslin, a local enthusiast wrote weekly newspaper articles and led early morning bird walks. My best friend, Jim, and I went
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SIB Member Profile – Donna & Jim Lawrence
Jim and Donna Lawrence, natives of New Jersey, made Seabrook Island their home five years ago for two reasons: the beaches and the wildlife. They are neither golfers or tennis players. He had enjoyed sailing and is a licensed Bareboat Captain. From childhood, each had spent plenty of time on the Jersey beaches. Donna attended Boston University, but
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SIB Member Profile: Melanie & Rob Jerome
Before Match.com, eHarmony and okCupid there were blind dates, and that’s how Melanie and Bob Jerome met more than thirty years ago. Both are Buckeyes and raised their two sons in Ohio. Rob had a career in data processing and programming. Melanie’s nursing and business degrees coalesced into a fulfilling position as a case management