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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rare Western Kingbird is visiting Seabrook Island
Late Monday afternoon, David Gardner reported a siting of a Western Kingbird in the dunes in front of the chapel at Camp St. Christopher. A Western Kingbird is an eye-catching bird with ashy gray and lemon-yellow plumage, the Western Kingbird is a familiar summertime sight in open habitats across western North America. This large flycatcher sallies…
SIB March Evening Program “Where Have All the Shorebirds Gone?” and North Beach Bird Walk
On March 28, 90 SIB members and friends attended an informative evening program on “Where Have All the Shorebirds Gone?” The program focused on Seabrook Island’s protected shorebirds, threats they face, and what we can all do to help protect them. After social time and refreshments, Aija and Ed Konrad lead a shorebird identification slide…
Another Traveling Red Knot
SIB recently received the note below from SCDNR Wildlife Biologist Felicia Sanders. Pat Leary photographed this Red Knot, which we tagged at Seabrook Island on April 29, 2017, at Corrigan’s Reef, Cedar Key Florida on November 18, 2017. This bird probably went to the arctic to nest and now is wintering in Florida or headed…
Ask SIB: House Finch
Question: I’m reaching out to some birder friends so that I can better understand what’s happening on my back porch. We had a pair of house finches build a nest in the corner of our porch this spring. It was great fun watching them nurture their eggs, feed the chicks and nudge their young out…
Kiawah Island Banding Station – 2017 Fall Migration Summary
As you may know, there is an active bird banding station on our neighboring island. The following information is a summary of what Aaron Given, Wildlife Biologist, provided on his Kiawah Island Banding Station blog, where you can read the full report. 2017 Fall Migration Summary The 2017 fall migration banding season at the Kiawah…