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SIB “Bird of the Week” – Kites: Mississippi vs Swallow-tailed
Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensisLength: 14″ Wingspan: 31″ Weight: 10 oz Swallow-tailed Kite – Elanoides forficatus (endangered in South Carolina)Length: 22″ Wingspan: 51″ Weight: 12 oz Living at a beach community, I’m sure many people are accustomed to looking at kites in the sky along the beach – you know, the kind that Ben Franklin used. But have you ever looked up to see
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SIB “Bird of the Week” – Anhinga vs Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga anhinga
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“Birds at the Beach and Beyond”
Many of Kiawah & Seabrook Island’s awesome shorebirds have been migrating back here to prepare to finish the rest of their journey, or to prepare to nest and raise their young. Spring brings back our birds and is also Easter time! What better time to gift your kids or grandkids with a beautiful book about coastal
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Colonial Nesters on and near Seabrook Island
The article below has been updated since its original post in 2017. Current SIB members may experience different colony nests than reported here. Recently we visited the rookery seen on Ocean Winds golf course or at a recent Backyard Birding. That caused us to ask which birds nest in “rookeries” here on Seabrook Island. Quite
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Spring – an important time for Seabrook shorebirds!
Migrating Red Knots will be arriving. Piping Plovers will head north to breed. Least Terns, Wilson’s Plovers, and other shorebirds will mate and possibly nest on North Beach. It’s a time to enjoy their splendors, understand their challenges, and be extra careful when on the beach – give them space to rest, feed, and nest,