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Recent Sightings – Red-breasted Nuthatch!
This past weekend the weather was certainly not conducive to outdoor activities. At least it wasn’t cold, so I spent most of my day on my screened porch reading and keeping an eye on my bird feeders. There were naturally lots of Chickadees and Tufted Titmouse and occasionally Northern Cardinals, a Goldfinch, and a Red-bellied
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Seabrook Island Results of the Annual Christmas Bird Count
On behalf of SIB, we would like to thank our 30 volunteers for taking time on Friday January 4, 2019, to contribute to the 2018-2019 Sea Island Christmas Bird Count (CBC)! In total we had ten homes who submitted Backyard Birding forms and we had another ten groups who submitted the forms for all across
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Love Birds in our Midst
It is only natural to conjure up romantic ideas about your bird families. If you have had the good fortune to watch a nest being built and hatchlings being tended by diligent bird parents you want to imagine that your avian family will live and love happily ever after. Where there is no indication that
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Bird Checklist
The Seabrook Island Birders are happy to announce that their newly updated bird checklist is available on their website at Seabrook Island Bird Checklist . You can now print the updated version for your next birdwatching outing or to keep at your island home where you observe your feeders. No printer? No problem! The new brochures
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Ask SIB – What Hawk am I?
SIB recently got an email from the Guy & Judy Gimson asking for help to identify the hawk in their photos. Immature hawks are very challenging to identify. However, after searching for photos and drawings in at least a half dozen bird guides, I had a guess. But to be sure, I went to Aaron
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Preventing Bird Collision with Glass Windows
We have so much natural beauty on Seabrook Island and, naturally, we want large unobstructed windows in our homes so that we are able to enjoy that beauty and our wildlife at all times. Unfortunately, these windows are a constant danger to the birds that we love seeing and have lured to our yards with
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Forecasts Can Now Tell You When Birds Are Headed Your Way
As reported in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology newsletter. Sign up on their website. With fall migration heating up, it’s time to take advantage of BirdCast. Using a combination of weather forecasting and long-term data sets, our BirdCast team can predict which nights migrants will be on the move—which spells good birding for the morning
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Join us to Celebrate SIB’s 3rd Anniversary!
2018 Bird Bingo & Game Night Register Now! Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) invites members and guests to join us to celebrate our 3rd Anniversary at our “Bird Bingo & Game Night.” We will socialize as we eat, drink and be merry playing Bingo and trivia games during a fun-for-all evening! We even have a silent auction item
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Attracting Birds to your Yard
Even though our South Carolina winters are milder than those experienced by our Northern friends and relatives, many Seabrook Island residents especially enjoy watching birds in our back yards during the winter. It can, however, be a year round activity. To increase the number of feathered friends in your yard, there are various things you can
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Respect Seabrook Island’s Shorebirds & Habitat
In an extraordinary example of what can be accomplished in a positive collaborative effort by private and governmental interests, a new Seabrook Island beach brochure has been prepared and printed and will be shared with participants at SIB’s evening program on Wednesday March 28. (Even if you haven’t been able to RSVP, there is still