This blog post is the first in a new series SIB will publish on a regular basis to report unusual bird sightings on Seabrook Island. In the past week, we received two unusual sightings from a SIB member and a report of a number of shorebirds seen by five SIB members on North Beach.
Name: Melanie Jerome
Date & Time of Sighting: 3/12/2016 -8am
Name of Bird Species: Clapper Rail
Number of Birds Sighted: 1
Location of Sighting: Horseshoe creek on the way to new cut, while kayaking
Name: Melanie Jerome
Date & Time of Sighting: 3/6&7/2016
Name of Bird Species: Mockingbird with silver USGS tag (Watch for more info on finding and reporting birds with tags in an upcoming article)
Number of Birds Sighted: 1
Location of Sighting: Near Melanie’s villa at Creek Watch
Date & Time of Sighting: 3/6&7/2016
Name of Bird Species: Mockingbird with silver USGS tag (Watch for more info on finding and reporting birds with tags in an upcoming article)
Number of Birds Sighted: 1
Location of Sighting: Near Melanie’s villa at Creek Watch
Additional Sightings (see pictures below)
Five members of SIB (Marcia Hider, Aija & Ed Konrad, Flo Foley & Nancy Brown) took an informal walk on North Beach on Sunday March 13 between 9am – noon. In total they saw 28 species. The following were of particular interest:
2 American Oyster Catchers
2 Wilson’s Plovers
40 Semipalmated Plovers
8 Black-bellied Plovers
9 Piping Plovers
900 Red Knots
75 Sanderlings
150 Dunlins
2 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Least Sandpipers
2 Western Sandpipers
2 Short-billed Dowitchers
20 Black Skimmers
80 Tree Swallows
Please enjoy these photos taken by Ed Konrad!
(click on a photo to view as a slide show)
Piping Plover – Ed Konrad
Red Knots – Ed Konrad
Tree Swallows – Ed Konrad
American Oystercatchers – Ed Konrad
Red Knots – Ed Konrad
Forster’s Terns – Ed Konrad
Black-bellied Plover & Wilson’s Plover – Ed Konrad
Dunlins – Ed Konrad
SIB Bird Nerds on North Beach- Ed Konrad
Wilson’s Plover – Ed Konrad
Red Knots – Ed Konrad
