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SIB Reports: Shorebird Identification
Do you find shorebirds challenging to identify? Even the best birder has trouble with this bird group! And just when you think you’ve got it, they change in color as they molt and go through different seasons. With fall migration underway and our wintering shorebirds returning to our beaches, this is the perfect time to
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SIB Reports: Storks and Corks
Audubon South Carolina’s Silver Bluff Sanctuary, near Aiken, SC, has managed stork feeding ponds that provide vital foraging and resting habitat for Wood Storks after the breeding season, and before their annual migration. To honor conservation success of Wood Storks, Silver Bluff holds an annual “Storks and Corks” event in late summer. This year, some
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SIB Reports: Fall Migration and Bird Cast
BirdCast Migration Dashboard is back online for fall migration. Starting Friday, August 1, the site will report daily, radar-based measurements of nocturnal bird migration across every state and county in the contiguous U.S., including estimates of the total number of birds migrating, their directions, speeds, and altitudes. If you’re in the lower 48 states, check
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SIB Reports: Help wanted siting Painted Buntings
The Town of Kiawah Island recently posted this: HELP WANTED!!!! Look out for Painted Buntings!Last summer, Town biologists, in collaborative study with the University of Georgia and the Smithsonian Institute, fitted 28 Painted Buntings with a light level/air pressure sensing tracking device called a geolocator on Kiawah Island. The birds were also banded with an
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SIB Reports: Average Peak Migration Dates
Who’s ready for spring? Warmer temperatures, longer days, and the excitement of spring migration! Well, exciting to a birder, anyway. If you’re one of those people who look forward to migration, we want to share a wonderful tool to help you plan! Based on years of data, The Cornell Lab and Colorado State University have
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SIB Reports: Falcons being used to discourage neighborhood birds
Everyone with bird feeders at sometime complains about certain birds that seem to keep others away from the feeders. The flurry of birds can be a nuisance for residents living near the Bees Ferry Landfill. Their squawks dominate the soundscape. They fly over the neighborhood in droves, perch on homes, defecate on cars and drop
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SIB Reports: 74 year-old albatross just laid egg
CNN and BBC recently reported The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74. Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, was spotted with the egg and a new partner last week at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge,
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SIB Reports: 2025 Bird Challenge Calendar
Are you the type of person who needs a little motivation to get you going? Maybe you’d like to sharpen your birding skills this year and need some guidance. Or maybe, you’re the kind of person who likes to set monthly goals, or work off a to-do list. Either way, Audubon has put together a
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SIB Reports: Coastal Birds in South Carolina
South Carolina DNR has put together an overview of seabirds and shorebirds in South Carolina, including a convenient image for each that you can download. Click the link below for more information on the vital role our state plays in the lives of these species. Coastal Birds in South Carolina.
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SIB Reports: SCDNR Botany Bay Bird Watching Trailer Tour – Nov 15, 2024
Enjoy the diverse bird population with SCDNR & renowned ornithologist Craig Watson for a bird-watching trailer tour throughout the Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Many of our wintering bird species are arriving or have arrived in the Lowcountry! It is a good time for unusual and rare birds to show up! RSVP REQUIRED click