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Mercer’s Musings: A Study of Red Knots
This article, written by Robert Mercer, originally appeared on page 11 in the June 2020 edition of The Seabrooker. As I leave South Carolina behind, so are the Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa). Early in the year, when the Red Knots started to show up on Seabrook Island beaches, my friend, Mark Andrews, talked me
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Special Captive Reared Piping Plovers Seen on Seabrook Island, SC’s North Beach
Update: October 11, 2020 We certainly don’t see these individual Piping Plovers every day. We had not seen “Big VB” since September 5, but then Ed & Aija Konrad saw him on North Beach on October 7 & 8, 2020. On October 9, 2020, I reported another of the 2020 Great Lakes captive reared pipers,
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Watch the Replay – Nesting Birds of Seabrook Island
On June 3, 2020, Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) held its first Virtual Evening Program, Nesting Birds, with Matt Johnson & Nolan Schillerstrom from Audubon South Carolina. Nearly 100 people registered from 16 states, with about 55 joining the program live. Everyone seemed to enjoy the topic and the great work done by Matt and Nolan to present information
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Birds of a Feather …
With so many birds on Seabrook Island you expect to find an occasional feather in your yard or on your walks. Identifying a single feather can be tricky. When we look at a bird we are looking at the sum of all its feather parts. Compare it to jigsaw puzzles. If several puzzles were tossed
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Update: Chuck-will’s-Widow with her Babies!
Earlier this month, we shared a story and photos about a nesting Chuck-will’s-widow on Seabrook Island. The great news is, she has hatched two babies! I spent 15 minutes photographing and I swear both chicks and mama did not move an inch. No wait, not even an 1/8 of an inch! If I hadn’t gotten
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CCPR – Virtual Citizen Science Series: eBird
eBird is one of the world’s largest biodiversity related science projects, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed each year by eBirders around the world. Learn about best practices to ensure high quality submissions to eBird from Keith McCullough, local eBird Reviewer and Natural History Interpretation Coordinator for Charleston County Parks. Keith will also
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Bird Sighting: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Have you seen this bird on Seabrook Island this summer? If not in person, you might have seen the photos that appeared in the July 2020 edition of The Seabrooker (page 13). This is a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck and they have been seen this summer in the marsh near the 17th green of Ocean Winds, at
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Great Horned Owl Rescue
On September 21st, Brent Guyton found a Great Horned Owl under the deck of his home on Seabrook Island Road. The owl was awake and aware of Brent’s presence, but was not moving. Brent’s wife, Cindy, called SI Security and they advised her to call The Center for Birds of Prey which has an avian
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Rare Limpkin seen by SIB members
As a subscriber to Charleston County Rare Bird Alert (furnished by eBird), Melanie Jerome and I (Judy Morr) recently started seeing reports of a Limpkin in the West Ashley Sienna Place neighborhood. Since neither of us had ever seen this species, we decided to go in search of the bird. From the Rare Bird Alert,
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SCDNR shorebird leader named biologist of the year
Many members of Seabrook Island Birders have met Felicia Sanders. She has presented an evening program and leads the Red Knot banding program on the island. The press release below details the well deserved recognition Felicia recently received. —- NEWS RELEASE —-For Immediate Release SCDNR shorebird leader named biologist of the year COLUMBIA, S.C. (Oct. 29, 2020) — Felicia