Latest posts
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Ask SIB: What happens if Deveaux disappears?
After watching the replay of Felicia Sanders presentation on shorebird migration, Andy Allen asked: I just watched the shorebird presentation replay. The importance of Deveaux Bank to migratory and also local breeding birds is enormous. However Deveaux Bank is not a stable island. When we first bought here forty years ago it was actually two
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Are you a Social Media Junkie?
There are many debates about the benefits and downsides of social media, but certainly it can be a great way for anyone to stay connected with people, organization and even topics. Did you know you can find Seabrook Island Birders on social media? We are still learning how to best present content to our audience,
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Talkin’ Birds
Although I love technology, I only recently discovered podcasts. I had always thought of myself as a visual learner and I’ve was never been much of a “book” reader. But during the pandemic, Flo finally convinced me to try listening to books. Then I started “reading” (listening) to books with our two younger nephews during
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Eagle Eyes
After SIB’s recent visit to Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area, Jackie Brooks did some Google searches and then posted on Facebook. Here is her post with pictures and research about Bald Eagles. Eagle eyeballs are the same size as human eyeball.., but their eyeballs are fixed in place so the eyeball does not move
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Preventing Bird Collisions – a Two-Part Webinar Series offered by Audubon
Preventing Bird Collisions, a Two-Part Webinar Series Join Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Communities team for an exciting two-part webinar series focused on the issue of bird-window collisions, solutions we can take to address this problem, and lessons learned from across the Audubon network. Register below for each event. A Discussion with Researcher Dr. Daniel KlemTuesday, November 16, 20217–8:30
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“Tale of Tails” by Ed Monnig
Ed Monnig, the brother of a Chris Strobel, a SIB member and Seabrook Island resident, shared his recently recorded “Field Notes” for Montana Public Radio. These are observations and reflections on some aspect of the natural world. You can either listen to his four-minute recording of “Tale of Tails” or read it here.
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Rare bird for South Carolina: Bar-tailed Godwit
If you follow Charleston County rare-bird sitings, you would have seen several recent postings of a Bar-tailed Godwit. It has been seen in a lagoon on the Ocean Course of Kiawah. SIB participants in our Learning Together at Kiawah on Sunday were able to capture a good view of this rare bird. Research on the
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SIB participates in Christmas Bird Count
On Tuesday, January 4, 17 SIB members once again participated in the fantastic annual tradition that is the Christmas Bird Count! Every year, birdwatchers all over North America (and elsewhere) head out bird counting in an attempt to gather a scientific snapshot of the bird population in our area. Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is
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View Bald Eagle and Great Horned Owl Bird Cams
Tired of watching reruns on Netflix? There are two live camera feeds in the area of birds on their nests. There is a Bald Eagle nest on Hilton Head Island and a Great Horned Owl nest in Savannah. Both are live feeds and anything can happen. Hilton Head Island Land Trust has an Eagle cam
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Winter Banding of Painted Buntings
Painted Buntings usually summer in the Charleston area but are largely gone from November through March. Aaron Given from the Town of Kiawah Island decided to study this further and posted on Facebook: “Over the past 10 years, the number of Painted Buntings wintering in South Carolina, particularly in the Charleston area, has dramatically increased.