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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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
House Finch Eye Disease
This year I decided to participate in Project FeederWatch. This citizen science program is the perfect outlet for someone who enjoys watching the birds at her backyard feeders, but doesn’t want to bore all her friends and family with a list of birds she has attracted. Project FeederWatch actually wants your data! With their partner…
SC reports largest number of wintering orioles for sixth year in a row
The article below was written and distributed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). Click here to subscribe to updates from SCDNR. South Carolina’s 2020 Baltimore Oriole Winter Survey reported the largest number of orioles wintering in the United States for the sixth year in a row. Those results were recorded during the…
Bath Time
On January 28, 2020, we were delighted to see Eastern Bluebirds checking out our nest boxes and drinking from our birdbaths along with many Cedar Waxwings in our backyard on Deer Run Drive, Seabrook Island. JANICE WATSON-SHADA If you have bird encounters you would like to share with Seabrook Island Birders, go to Report a…
Banded Black Skimmers on North Beach
Janet Thibault, our good friend and partner from SCDNR, was on North Beach Wednesday February 12, 2020, and gave us a heads up on the banded Black Skimmers she had just seen at the point. We quickly headed down the beach to check them out, rarely having seen a banded skimmer. It was a different…
USC Students to Study Red Knots on Seabrook and Kiawah Beaches
Seabrook and Kiawah Islands will be hosting University of South Carolina (USC) graduate and undergraduate students for the next few months. These students are studying the Red Knots as they use our beaches as a stopover during their long spring migration. The students will be on the beach two days weekly from March through May,…