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Suggestions to Improve Birding Skills in 2024
One of my favorite Maine birders is Bob Duchesne. He has taken Flo and me on several day-long birding trips in search of boreal species in Northern Maine as well as a 4-day birding trip to Grand Manan, a Canadian island off the coast of Maine. He’s very knowledgable but also funny! He writes a regular column for
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SIB Explores:
You’ve read numerous “SIB Travel” blogs about birding trips taken by members. SIB members often hear about bird walks, festivals, seminars or tours that may interest others but not an official SIB activity. If you hear of something, let us know by sending the information to SeabrookIslandBirders@gmail.com. You can share, even if you don’t plan
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View Bird Cams
In 2022, we posted the blog below regarding Bird Cams. Since it’s a “dark and stormy day” I allowed myself to get distracted watching Bird Cams. I hope this provides distraction on a rainy day without preventing you from completing all those marvelous chores we all have. Submitted by: Judy Morr View Bald Eagle and Great Horned
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Results of 124th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
On January 3, 2024, 21 SIB members contributed to the 2023-2024 Sea Island Christmas Bird Count (CBC). We had 5 teams of birders hitting Seabrook Island “hotspots” of Jenkins Point, Palmetto Lake, North Beach, the Lake District, Camp St Christopher, Bohicket Marina, SIPOA/Club horse pasture and maintenance area, Crooked Oaks and Ocean Winds golf courses,
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Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling
A member of Seabrook Island Birders shared this interesting article. Birders get nervous when they see landscapes covered in wind turbines. When the wind gets going, their blades can spin at well over 200km per hour. It is easy to imagine careless birds getting chopped to bits. Campaigners often point to the possibility when opposing
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Merry Christmas from Seabrook Island Birders
All of our friends and members may not celebrate the day but whatever your beliefs, Seabrook Island Birders wishes you a very Merry Christmas. To celebrate the day, a little reading enjoyment from Southern Living. In their December issue they have The Meaning Of Red Birds At Christmas. Red birds–also known as Northern Cardinals–are popular images in
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How Seabrook Island Birders can help with New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year everyone! With each new year comes fresh starts, an opportunity to set and achieve new goals, create new habits, and a chance to grow and make personal improvements. We usually attempt this by making New Year’s Resolutions. Some we’re able to keep, some we only stick to for a short time, and some we give
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Birds and Halloween
To create an idea for a blog for Halloween, I did various Google searches. I finally used Google Bard (an AI tool from Google), using the prompt “Alfred Hitchcock The Birds and birds of Halloween”. The tool responded with the article below. I made no changes other than adding some pictures. Submitted by: Judy Morr
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What’s that bird’s name?
Is this a question you ask yourself (or others) when birding? It could be because you need help identifying it, it could be a senior moment, it could be that its nickname is more memorable that its official name, or it could be because its name has changed. On November 1, the American Ornithological Society
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Eagles and Ibis, No Bears, Oh My!
On a beautiful Sunday, four SIB members visited Bear Island and briefly Donnelly Wildlife Area. 72 species were identified for the day….none of them were bears! It was slightly foggy as we arrived at sunrise but the time at Mary’s Pond was productive. The Tundra Swan had yet to arrive for the winter but we