10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina! Adopted as the state bird in 1948 , the Carolina Wren actually superseded another species: the Northern Mockingbird. ” Those lawmakers took bird protection seriously!
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2015
After spending the weekend along the South Carolina coast, I can say with confidence that I saw dozens and dozens of South Carolina’s state bird: both the original and the current version. It turns out that the women’s clubs had already chosen the wren , but the legislature disagreed. Absolutely!
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2011
This is an extremely long blog post by a German naturalist visiting South Carolina. It is written in German but you can get the English-language Google translation and then it will make even less sense for English speakers. But the pictures, the pictures! Thanks to Jochen for the link.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Near the turn of the 20th century, wealthy influencer Bernard Baruch bought coastal property in South Carolina. We were looking for turtle tracks, but my eyes were drawn to the dozens and dozens of birds feeding and resting as the sun brightened the sky. Looking for turtle tracks (but also birds and shells).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2015
This is not the first time that I have pointed out the perfidy of Republicans in United States government as it relates to birds or conservation. But this attempt by Congressmen Duncan of South Carolina to completely prevent any enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is beyond the pale, even for bird-hating Republicans.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
As devoted readers of 10,000 Birds know , the writers contribute checklists to a joint eBird account called the “ 10,000 Birds Collaborative.”. Many of the states with more than 200 species are home to contributors and/or have destination birding locations and/or are popular places generally.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2012
But those birds have to go somewhere, even if the concentrations that have come to define the above sites have thinned a little by the time the birds cruise down the mountain range. Suddenly, the forest around you begins to shake as birds, mere pinpricks at first, launch themselves into the sky and start their slow ascent.
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