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Red Knots and You!
Article written by: Bob MercerPhotos & Videos by: Mark Andrews Red Knots arrived early this year and the numbers keep rising. Beginning in February with a few hundred birds to the end of March with several thousand birds, these birds need the safety of Seabrook Island and Kiawah Island Beaches to power up for their
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Take a Look at the “Bird Library”
We hope you enjoy this article and livestream of a special library! Thanks to Joleen Ardaiolo for sharing this story from Time.com. Take a Moment to Dip Into the Miniature World of This Library For Bird While many libraries across the country have closed due to coronavirus, there’s one library that’s staying open — and its flocks of
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Bird Song Opera
We hope you enjoy this short video shared with us by Charley Moore. ShakeUp Music recomposed the Magic Flute “Papageno/Papagena” Duet into a colorful Mozart bird aria. Listen to an audiovisual Twitterstorm performed by our feathered fellows. Keep the birds on singing. www.shakeup.de
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How To Make These Next Few Weeks A Little Easier, Courtesy Of Birds
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has numerous resources to entertain and educate people of all ages while we are keeping our social distance. From live cams, to games to courses. So if you run out of closets to clean and cupboards to organize, click on the links below! Here at Bird Cams, we recognize that the world is facing
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Happy Mother’s Day from SIB
Stuck in the house? Miss birding? Think there is nothing but what is at your feeder to watch? During the past month I have spent most of my time on our porch, but I am usually reading and/or glancing only at the feeder activity. Lately, I have started looking up rather than down and out
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What Bird Makes this Sound?
Each spring, Seabrook Island Birders receive many requests for us to identify the bird that makes this sound. Even if you have never seen this bird, chances are if you live or spend time in the spring on Seabrook Island, you have heard him after dusk and before sunrise! The bird we are hearing is
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“Life on the Beach”
Monday, January 20, was a cool day for Seabrook Island with a brisk wind. Despite that, on impulse, I took a late afternoon walk on North Beach. The wind blowing into my face quickly ate through my light jacket, but the mass of birds feeding along the water and sitting on the beach pulled me
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Look Hoo We Found!
Early in January, several diehard members of Seabrook Island Birders were able to find a pair of Great Horned Owls and their potential nest at the conservancy lot on Cat Tail Pond Road on Seabrook Island, SC. In the past several months, the owls have been re-sighted by a number of people, both from the
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Least Tern Nesting on Seabrook Island
Early in June, an assignment was given to write a “fun”and “light-hearted” article about dive-bombing Least Terns- the smallest of terns with their outsized aggressive behavior to protect their nests and chicks. This robin-sized white seabird with a black cap is often seen hovering over water and then diving straight down to catch baitfish. Once
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Piping Plovers are here!!!!!
They’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!, said a July 16 email from Melissa Chaplin, Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. “They” are the Piping Plovers, returning from northern breeding areas. Plovers breed April to June in three US and Canada population areas – Great Lakes, Atlantic coast, and Northern Great Plains. In July they migrate to southern Atlantic and