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Check out that Snag!
Many people may not use the term “snag” often until they become birders. According to Miriam-Webster, the term snag as a noun is defined as: 1.) a tree or branch embedded in a lake or stream bed and constituting a hazard to navigation 2.) a standing dead tree Snags make wonderful habitat for birds and I
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Maine’s Great Black Hawk Euthanized
As some of you will recall, SIB member Karen O’Brien wrote an article back in December explaining how she was able to see a first time on record Great Black Hawk in her hometown of Portland, ME. This past week, Aija Konrad told a SIB audience at our evening program the Great Black Hawk was her
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Learn to Identify Common Birds
With the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) coming up this weekend, the National Audubon Society wrote a great article on the common bird species you are likely to see at your feeders and in your backyards. Of the 15 birds they describe, there are nine we are likely to see in your backyard on Seabrook
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A Week in the Life of a Novice Birder
If anyone sees me riding my bike, walking my dogs, or walking on the beach they will notice that I am generally looking up to the skies, over the marsh, or out towards sandbars. I imagine it’s only a matter of time before I suffer some type of bird watching injury because I am never
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FOS – Hooded Merganser
On Sunday morning, Glen Cox notified several members of SIB’s executive board of his “First of Season” (FOS) sighting of Hooded Mergansers. He spotted them at the marsh on Captain Sams Road near the fire station on Seabrook Island. You can learn more about this beautiful bird by reading our blog from two years ago
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Merlin Sighting on North Beach
“Over the last couple of years I’ve seen this bird most mornings at dawn sitting on the first dog sign at north beach.” Glen Cox, Seabrook Island
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“My Patch”
My favorite birding magazine is BirdWatching which is published six times a year by Madavor Media, LLC. One of the common contributors is Pete Dunne, an author who is described as “New Jersey Audubon’s ambassador at large.” In the September/October issue, he has a piece entitled “My Patch.” It is about a nearby spot where
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo – a “rare” bird siting
Early Sunday, November 4, the SIB members at Charley Moore’s Backyard Birding were “cuckoo” over an extended sighting of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. It stayed around long enough for Jackie Brooks to capture a picture. We all were able to get a good look at the bird and confirm its identification. If you are like
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Seabrook Island Birders – ABCs – Activities, Bingo and Calls
Friday’s evening “Bird Bingo and Games” was not quite in alphabetical order. We started with “D” for Drinks and of course “S” for Socialization then jumped on to “Y” for Year in Review. Then we returned to the front of the alphabet with enjoyment of the Food provided by contributions from SIB and the various
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Are There “Hunger Games” at Your Feeder?
I was recently talking to my neighbor and she told me that her hummingbird feeder had to come down because she was tired of the birds fighting over it. What? I thought that was just friendly hummingbird roughhousing! Apparently, this really is aggressive, “Get off my lawn!” type behavior. According to a recent Audubon article,