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Join SIB: Backyard Birding at The Haul Over Rookery
Friday, May 8 2026, 4:30p – 6:00p The Haul OverLocation: 2445 The Haul OverMax: 20 Cost: None for 2026 members; $10 donation for guestsLeader: Melanie Jerome REGISTER NOW Spring has sprung! Our visit last April to Annalee Regenburg’s back yard was a witness of again so many Egrets, Anhinga, Wood Storks, Little Blues and…
SIB Bird of the Week – Chuck-will’s widow
If you’re looking for a Chuck-will’s widow, go outside after dark this spring and simply listen. If you hear birdsong that sounds like the name “Chuck-will’s Widow” repeating itself, with short pauses in between, you have most likely found our bird of the week. At least by sound. Sometimes mistaken for the similar sounding Eastern…
Join SIB – Beyond our Backyard – Caw Caw County Park
When: Tuesday May 5, 2026 9:00 AM until 12:00 PMWhere: Caw Caw Interpretive center. 5200 Savannah Hwy, Ravenel SCCarpool: Meet at Seabrook Island Real Estate Office at 8:15 A.M., the drive is approximately 40 minutes. Cost: Free to members, $10 for non- members (Park entrance fee is $2 per adult, or a gold pass)Leader: Jennifer…
Did you know? Some birds have a “home away from home.”
Did you know some birds have a “home away from home” they visit every single year? This time of year, Seabrook Island is surrounded by whimbrels with their distinctive downward curving curlewed beak, but most of us rarely see them because they travel at dusk and pre-dawn. Maina Handmaker’s recent study on Whimbrels reveals they…
Seabrook Island Birders Spreads Its Wings
SIB celebrated its 10th anniversary in January 2026. Our organization offers a variety of activities and programs, with many additional opportunities planned. We invite you to participate in the events listed on our website (https://sibirders.info/come-explore-with-us/) all an integral part of our mission of Watching, Learning, Protecting. On Saturday April 18, 2026 we embarked on a…
SIB “Bird of the Week” – Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat – Geothlypis trichasLength: 4.3–5.1”; Wingspan: 5.9 – 7.9″; Weight: 0.3–0.4 oz The Common Yellowthroat is one of the most easy-to-spot warblers during spring and summer on Seabrook Island, and in much of North America. These songbirds dwell in open habitats such as marshes, wetland edges and brushy fields. The male’s “witchety-witchety-witchety” song is…
Prothonotary Warbler designated State Migratory Bird
On February 19, 2026 Audubon South Carolina announced the passage of South Carolina Senate Bill 383 — the “Prothonotary Warbler Recognition Act” — which designates the brilliant yellow, swamp-dwelling songbird as South Carolina’s official migratory bird. The legislation passed the South Carolina House unanimously, as it did in the Senate last year, was signed into law by…
Love is in the air!
Little did we realize when we noticed the Cooper’s Hawk in our tree that we would be right in the middle of lover’s lane. On Tuesday, while working in the yard, Walter heard a kik-kik sound which he soon discovered was a Cooper’s Hawk in our tree. Based on size and eye color, we believe…
Nesting Birds of Seabrook Island – Part II: Non-cavity Nesters
Spring is in the air and the birds are busy building nests and raising their young. The post below was originally distributed in 2017. Like many things we knew (or missed) years ago, it’s good to repeat some information. *************************************************** Last week we discussed cavity nesters; this week we’ll write about the great variety of…
SIB’s Article for the April Edition of “The Seabrooker”
In case you don’t receive it, or haven’t had a chance to read it yet, we hope you’ll enjoy The Seabrooker’s April 2026 SIB article. Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) contributed a full page article on page 8.
