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SC Coastal Bird Conservation Program
Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) received this acknowledgement for the donation of $250 to the South Carolina Coastal Bird Conservation program, made in thanks for the great presentation given by Janet Thibault of the SC Department of Natural Resource group. (You can watch the recording of Janet’s presentation of Seabrook’s Amazing Shorebirds here.) We thank all…
Replay of “Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to Central America… and Back”
For those who missed the latest Seabrook Island Birders Zoom program or for any participant who would like to rewatch a great presentation, we are offering a replay for the next 30 days. On December 2nd Dr. Bill Hilton, Jr. presented “Hummingbirds: From Your Yard to Central America…and Back!” The program highlighted Dr. Hilton’s ongoing…
Support the Avian Conservation Center
The Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) encourages our members and friends to support the Avian Conservation Center, located in Awendaw, SC. The Avian Conservation Center is asking for your support at this most critical time. We are coming to you now to ask that you please help us fund the $55,000 in the direct medical and husbandry expenses that…
Happy Holidays
Seabrook Island Birders would like to wish all our friends near and far a very Happy & Healthy Holiday Season! And, if you are on Seabrook Island ,you may notice many large flocks of birds flying about. There are several possible species, including Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles and Cedar Waxwings. However, most likely the are the…
International Shorebird Survey Walks-North Beach
Over the years, data submitted to ebird documented Seabrook Island’s importance as a stopover for migratory shorebirds. In an effort to make that data meet the rigors of scientific scrutiny, a series of surveys will be conducted by either Bob Mercer or Mark Andrews. These surveys will follow the protocols of the International Shorebird Survey…
Identifying BBJs: Winter Hawks
Dr. Bill Hilton, who was SIB’s most recent Zoom speaker, has a website for his nature center, Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, that includes a weekly blog. The most recent edition, #734, of This Week at Hilton Pond is about BBJs. BBJs are Big Brown Jobbers – or hawks – as opposed to…
Photos from a Spring Bird Walk at Camp St. Christopher
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning when nine Seabrook Island Birder (SIB) members were joined by three Camp St. Christopher staff members for a bird walk throughout 2. 9 miles of the wooded property down to their crab dock and back through the slough. In total we identified 39 species on the walk. Although we…
SIB Christmas Bird Count
On January 4, 2021, Seabrook Island Birders participated in our most productive annual Christmas Bird Count ever! A record number 114 species, and we suspect a record number of individual birds with nearly 6,500. We had 10 teams of birders hitting Seabrook Island “hotspots” of Jenkins Point, Palmetto Lake, North Beach, Creek Watch, Camp St Christopher, SIPOA/Club…
Bring More Birds to Your Home with Native Plants
Thanks to help from Audubon’s Native Plants Database, you can create your very own bird sanctuary. Enter your 5-digit zip code to find a list of the best plants for birds in your area, as well as local resources and links to more information. If you live on Seabrook, Kiawah or Johns Island, click here.
Moisture in feeders can cause disease
Many of us enjoy watching our feathered friends at our backyard feeders. If we don’t maintain our feeders appropriately, it can lead to deadly illness in birds. Read more in an article originally published by South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Moisture in feeders can cause deadly disease. Thank-you to Charley Moore for forwarding this…