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Photos from a Spring Bird Walk at Camp St. Christopher
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning when nine Seabrook Island Birder (SIB) members were joined by three Camp St. Christopher staff members for a bird walk throughout 2. 9 miles of the wooded property down to their crab dock and back through the slough. In total we identified 39 species on the walk. Although we…
REVISED: Special Captive Reared Piping Plovers Seen on Seabrook Island North Beach
Article by Mark Andrews, photos by Mark Andrews and Ed Konrad Over the years, Seabrook Island Birders have written many articles to highlight the importance of our island’s beaches for federally Endangered/Threatened Piping Plovers. In the September 2020 edition of The Seabrooker, we explained that Seabrook Island hosts many migrating and winter resident Piping Plovers,…
Bring More Birds to Your Home with Native Plants
Thanks to help from Audubon’s Native Plants Database, you can create your very own bird sanctuary. Enter your 5-digit zip code to find a list of the best plants for birds in your area, as well as local resources and links to more information. If you live on Seabrook, Kiawah or Johns Island, click here.
Replay of “Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to Central America… and Back”
For those who missed the latest Seabrook Island Birders Zoom program or for any participant who would like to rewatch a great presentation, we are offering a replay for the next 30 days. On December 2nd Dr. Bill Hilton, Jr. presented “Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to Central America…and Back!” The program highlighted Dr. Hilton’s ongoing…
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…
Happy Holidays
Seabrook Island Birders would like to wish all our friends near and far a very Happy & Healthy Holiday Season! And, if you are on Seabrook Island ,you may notice many large flocks of birds flying about. There are several possible species, including Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles and Cedar Waxwings. However, most likely the are the…
Birding with Children on Global Big Day
Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) celebrated Global Big Day, on Saturday May 8th, with a walk for our youth at Palmetto Lake on Seabrook Island. We recruited 13-year old SIB member Reagan Passantino to assist leaders Judy Morr and Nancy Brown. One child, 4-year old Alister Patterson joined the event along with his father and Nana.…
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…
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…
SIB Christmas Bird Count
On January 4, 2021, Seabrook Island Birders participated in our most productive annual Christmas Bird Count ever! A record number 114 species, and we suspect a record number of individual birds with nearly 6,500. We had 10 teams of birders hitting Seabrook Island “hotspots” of Jenkins Point, Palmetto Lake, North Beach, Creek Watch, Camp St Christopher, SIPOA/Club…