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Happy Friday – Roseate Spoonbill at the Fire Station Marsh
Good Morning and Happy Friday! Judy Morr has just spotted a Roseate Spoonbill at the Fire Station! They are back on Seabrook Island so watch out for these beautiful and interesting birds!
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Piping Plover Migration: From the Great Lakes to Seabrook Island
A few weeks ago, on July 17, Ed and I visited Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, where the Great Lakes race of the Piping Plovers nest. We were so excited to see where these special little birds that visit us at Seabrook come from. We also had the pleasure of meeting up with
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Backyard Birding Q & A’s
Feeding birds and attracting them to your yard inevitably leads to questions — about feeders, birdhouses, bird baths, baby birds, and more. In this free guide from Birdwatching Magazine, they answer 27 questions about birds in your backyard, including:What types of feeders are best? And many more! Backyard Birding Q & A’s from Birdwatching Magazine
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Meet Dr. Sidney Gauthreaux at SIB’s Evening Program on Wednesday September 27
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 –Sidney Gauthreaux: New Ways of Studying Bird Migration Registration & Social: 7:00 pm Program Starts: 7:30 pm Location: Live Oak Hall at the Lake House Members FREE and Guests $5 Donation to SIB Purchase Raffle tickets to win a new Bird Feeder for your home! To help us plan for the
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Solar Eclipse 2017 – How will Nature React?
Hey everyone! Cross your fingers we have clear skies on Monday, August 21!!! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the United States will experience a total solar eclipse from coast to coast for the first time in 99 years. June 8, 1918, was the last time this occurred. A solar eclipse occurs
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Have you seen this Great Egret?
While photographing wading birds in our beautiful marshes, I noticed a Great Egret with a transmitter about the size of a small TV remote on its back and a metal band with numbers on its left leg. Have you seen this bird? I posted a couple pictures of the bird on NextDoor and received a
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Gathering at a Salt Marsh
Attached is a shot I took on Monday of Roseate Spoonbills, White Ibis, and what appears to be a Snowy Egret, gathered together around a salt marsh pond near the Stono River just north of Johns Island. Submitted by Shaun Sullivan
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Shorebirds of Kiawah Island: The Symposium
Thursday, October 12, 20174:00pm at The Sandcastle Members of SIB are invited to register for the Take flight with us at the Kiawah Conservancy’s annual symposium. Learn about some of Kiawah’s most cherished visitors from a variety of expert speakers and see our newest film… Taking Wing! Speakers include: Thank you to the symposium and documentary
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The Travels of Red Knot “9CV”
What we now know about Red knot 9CV: Felicia Sanders from South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SC-DNR) recently received updated information about Red Knot 9CV. This bird was recaptured Seabrook Island on April 29, 2017. Felicia is the Shorebird Lead for SC-DNR. On June 28, 2017, she presented to Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) a
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Kiawah Conservancy presents “Taking Wings”
Shorebirds are a beautiful part of our little part of paradise. Neighboring Kiawah Island recently focused an afternoon sharing more information about these diminishing creatures. Six members of Seabrook Island Birders attended the Shorebird Symposium as presented by neighboring Kiawah Conservancy. The afternoon began with author Mary Alice Monroe giving a reading from her latest