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. Though South Carolina first chose the Northern Mockingbird as its state bird, in 1948 the general assembly changed its mind.
Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2010
Ugh, this is barbaric and right out of the dark ages. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. Animal rights advocates say it's cruel to the nearly defenseless bears and harms them psychologically. From the AP.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2012
It has earned the right to stand among the big boys, and is well worth your time should you find yourself in western South Carolina on a windy September day. The trip list at this site was low, but the total biomass was high in that way that good hawkwatches are. And Caeaser’s Head is definitely good.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2011
Call it climate change, call it habitat restoration (in truth, it’s probably a little of both), but as far north as South Carolina you can find much of the same diversity in impressive concentrations, without the proximity to saccharine, nausea-inducing theme parks (though I’m told that proximity is actually a selling point for some.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
He discovered the little black-bibbed warbler in 1832 in the canebrakes of coastal South Carolina on one of his frequent outings, collected it, and sent the skins on to John James Audubon who eventually named the species he would never see after his friend. Bachman’s Warbler was named for the renowned southern naturalist, Rev.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2021
“This beautiful and singular bird, although a constant resident in the southern extremities of the peninsula of Florida, seldom extends its journeys in an eastern direction beyond the State of North Carolina. He once obtained a specimen in full plumage about ten miles north of Charleston.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Self-cleaning pens, never-empty feed buckets,” wrote Angel in South Carolina and Zoe in California. “A God, we’re a selfish bunch, aren’t we?”
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