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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Death of Rudy Mancke
All of us as Seabrook Island Birders mourn the loss of naturalist Rudy Mancke. The South Carolina naturalist and popular host of South Carolina Public Radio’s NatureNotes and SCETV’s NatureScene died Tuesday night at age 78. In April 2017 he gave SIB an interactive presentation on the Natural History of Barrier Islands. His obituary on…
More about Turkeys…Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! A birding group can’t help but talk about Turkeys on this day. This year’s fun fact was provided by Audubon. Native Americans Domesticated Turkeys Long Before the Pilgrims Arrived begins by stating: Indigenous societies in the Americas valued the birds so highly that they tamed them at least twice, including in the…
Renew or Join SIB for 2024
As of December 1, 2023, Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) has 329 paid 2023 members and we already 127 members who have joined or renewed their SIB membership for 2024. We encourage our former members to renew and new members to join SIB today! These funds will help us continue to offer great programs! SIB membership is…
Where did they go?
When I have a day off, I like to grab my camera and binoculars and go birding. Whether it’s to take a few photos for SIB’s social media, or to look for new birds to add to my life list, birding, and bird photography, are my stress relief. But when there are no birds, there…
SIB Travels: In search of lifers…Texas and some detours!
Recently, Ed and I made a trip to TX in search of life birds, which were getting elusive for me at 635! Seems like in the last month, Texas has been filled with rarities and has had a steady influx of bird enthusiasts, so we hit the road! We decided to drive, to give ourselves more flexibility on the trip.…