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2023 SIB Year End Review
The eighth year for the Seabrook Island Birders was a busy year. The organization grew to 336 members. Evening programs There were 5 “quarterly” evening events with an average of 51 attendees with video available for those unable to attend in person.• January 22: A World on a Wing – Scott Wiedensaul• March 23: Red
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Ethical and Responsible Bird Nest Photography
As winter draws to a close and spring arrives, so do families of nestling and fledgling birds. The birds of Seabrook Island are familiar to us, holding a special place in our hearts, and never more so than during nesting season. Social media is full of beautiful close-up portraits of birds displaying courting behaviors, nest building, tending
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Birds love our water
Many of us live on a barrier island because we like being near water. Some of us even live by the beach or a lagoon. Birds also like the water. We can help birds by adding a birdbath to our yard. Some top reasons to add a birdbath to your yard are: A primary benefit of birdbaths to us
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Nesting Birds on Seabrook Island – Part I: Cavity Nesters
Spring is in the air and the birds are busy building nests and raising their young. The post below was originally distributed in 2017. Like many things we knew (or missed) years ago, it’s good to repeat some information. ************************************************** What is a cavity nester? Cavity nesting birds are ones that build nests, lay eggs
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Nesting Birds of Seabrook Island – Part II: Non-cavity Nesters
Spring is in the air and the birds are busy building nests and raising their young. The post below was originally distributed in 2017. Like many things we knew (or missed) years ago, it’s good to repeat some information. *************************************************** Last week we discussed cavity nesters; this week we’ll write about the great variety of
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Colonial Nesters on and near Seabrook Island
The article below has been updated since its original post in 2017. Current SIB members may experience different colony nests than reported here. Recently we visited the rookery seen on Ocean Winds golf course or at a recent Backyard Birding. That caused us to ask which birds nest in “rookeries” here on Seabrook Island. Quite
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Can birds signal your romantic future?
Happy Valentines Day to (bird) lovers everywhere! Doves, cardinals and lovebirds (a type of parrot) come to mind when people think of birds and love together. But ornithomancy is a practice dating to ancient times when Greeks and Romans used it to interpret their bird sightings and get a glimpse into the future. According to ornithomancy, single
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What’s the Deal with the Capitalizion of Bird Names?
Have you ever noticed when you read the articles from Seabrook Island Birders (SIB), the common names of birds are capitalized? The same is true with nearly every bird book, bird periodical or birding website. However, if you read articles in non-birding publications including print media, these same common names are not capitalized, unless a
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Seabrook Island Birders Best of 2023
As we reflect on 2023, we’d like to highlight a few of our favorite photos from Seabrook Island Birders’ walks and activities, as well as several of our local birds found on Seabrook Island. We hope you enjoy this video! With so many beautiful birds it’s easy to see why we’re captivated by them. We’d like
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Update: SIB made 2023 a “Big Year”!
At the end of 2022, we challenged our members to make 2023 a “Big Year”. A copy of that original post is below. The year was bigger than we anticipated. It was so much fun, we will do it again for 2024. If you have forgotten to share a list from 2023, you can still do