Birders on Jerome’s deck 08/06/16Learning together birders trying to identify bird in marsh
Fourteen SIB members gathered the morning of Saturday, August 6, for a two-hour birding session at the Crab Dock. Many of the group are new to birding and were hoping to catch their first glimpse of a clapper rail. The morning exceeded expectations when a mother clapper rail was seen herding her baby from the boat ramp back in to the marsh grasses. Below is the complete list of the 22 bird species either seen or heard from Rob and Melanie Jerome’s deck or from the nearby marsh tower and the lagoon across from the fire station.
Clapper Rail – Charley Moore
Clapper Rail showing precocial down
Clapper Rail – Mother and chick – Charley Moore
Baby Clapper Rail marching up boat ramp before mother herded back to marsh – Dean Morr
Belted Kingfisher – Charlie Moore
Immature Little Blue – Charlie Moore
Green Heron – Charlie Moore
Glossy Ibis – Charlie Moore
Yellow-crowned Night Heron – Charlie Moore
Mississippi Kite in pine above boat ramp – Dean Morr
Mississippi Kite – Charlie Moore
Laughing Gull – Dean Morr
Immature White Ibis – Charlie Moore
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Snowy Egret
1 Little Blue Heron
2 Tricolored Heron
2 Green Heron
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
3 White Ibis
6 Glossy Ibis
1 Mississippi Kite
3 Clapper Rail
6 Laughing Gull
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 American Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
2 Carolina Wren
3 Eastern Bluebird
2 Northern Mockingbird
2 Northern Cardinal
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Seabrook Island Birders (SIB) are residents, renters and guests of Seabrook Island, SC who have an interest in learning, protecting and providing for the well-being of the incredible variety of birds that inhabit Seabrook Island throughout the year.
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