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Birth Announcement: Least Tern Chick!
Glen Cox was first to spot this chick on North Beach, Seabrook Island, SC. Mark Andrews found a second. Below is Mark’s best photo. He said, “It was only out a couple minutes then back under mom in a blink!” Least Tern parent and chick – photo by Mark Andrews
Bird of the Week … Eastern Towhee
It is very exciting to see and identify a new bird. While walking along boardwalk 1 at North Beach on Seabrook Island in May, I heard a bird singing quite loudly. It sang; drink your teeaaa, along with a long trill at the end. I stood for a long time under the tree and finally…
Enormous flock of Whimbrel discovered on Deveaux Bank
Last night an announcement concerning Deveaux Bank was so special it was made at a special event held at the Charleston Museum to an audience filled with some of the state’s most notable naturalists. After years of monitoring and documentation, our backyard barrier island was found to be a stopover for tens of thousands of…
Free Webinar featuring Scientific Illustrator Liz Clayton Fuller
In the Studio with Scientific Illustrator Liz Clayton FullerJuly 9, 12:00–1:00 p.m. Eastern Join a virtual visit to the studio of Liz Clayton Fuller, a friend of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and a professional artist. Liz is known for her ornithological illustrations along with her sketchbook-style studies of bird species. Spend an hour with Liz…
Free Webinar – Who’s Singing?
Cornell Lab recently updated their popular free bird identification app to include song identification. Below is more information from their web site. The webinar promises to be informational but several SIB members have successfully started using this new feature without the webinar. Who’s Singing? How to Use Merlin Bird ID to Identify Bird CallsJuly 27,…
Ask SIB: What is this Bird and How Can I Prevent Birds from Flying into Windows?
QUESTION: Hi! This beautiful bird has been visiting at regular times every day for a month. He keeps flying into the same two windows – we’ve tried using reflectors, etc., but he’s undeterred. He usually hangs out with the Northern Cardinals, but oddly, he never joins them at our nearby feeders! Thanks for any info!…
What Bird Makes this Sound?
Each spring, Seabrook Island Birders receive many requests for us to identify the bird that makes this sound. Even if you have never seen this bird, chances are if you live or spend time in the spring on Seabrook Island, you have heard him after dusk and before sunrise! The bird we are hearing is…
SC Coastal Bird Conservation Program
Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) received this acknowledgement for the donation of $250 to the South Carolina Coastal Bird Conservation program, made in thanks for the great presentation given by Janet Thibault of the SC Department of Natural Resource group. (You can watch the recording of Janet’s presentation of Seabrook’s Amazing Shorebirds here.) We thank all…
Support the Avian Conservation Center
The Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) encourages our members and friends to support the Avian Conservation Center, located in Awendaw, SC. The Avian Conservation Center is asking for your support at this most critical time. We are coming to you now to ask that you please help us fund the $55,000 in the direct medical and husbandry expenses that…
Hooded Mergansers are back!
Last weekend, Aija Konrad shared she saw her First of the Season (FOS) Hooded Merganser for Seabrook Island. The “Hoodies” were seen through the fence on the retention pond at the Seabrook Island Waste Treatement Plant. On Tuesday, Glen Cox posted on Nextdoor seeing his FOS in the lagoon along Jenkins Point. In 2018, Glen…