Nesting birds at Gould's Inlet St. Simons Island
The 2022 shorebird nesting season is here. There were eight pairs of Wilson's Plover on May 25. Now, will the Least Terns nest with the...
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Where Art works for Bird Conservation
Welcome to my world. It is an eclectic mix of birds, bird conservation, and my art.
I draw. I write. I am a printmaker who loves etching, monotypes, and now I am experimenting with green printmaking. Birds inspire my art. So, I work to protect them by connecting people to their importance to us .
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birdjekyll
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
Avocets at the Jekyll's Wharf area.
It was a great way to start a bird ramble on Jekyll on March 10, 2022. Here are American Avocets marching along to muddy marsh line.
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birdjekyll
- Mar 2, 2022
- 1 min
March 2022 is here
Northern Parulas came back last week. The Yellow-throated Warblers are everywhere. Exciting for me was one calling Summer Tanager. I saw...
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birdjekyll
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
Sharing our beautiful Jekyll Island
A few weeks ago, Anna Henry contacted me about taking some of the St. Simons Presbyterian church members out on a Bird Ramble. My goal in...
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birdjekyll
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Bad Luck on chasing a rare bird but...
Best laid plans when arye. I was going to chase a Ash-throated Flycatcher that was hanging out at the south end of Jekyll. But...it was...
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birdjekyll
- Mar 13, 2021
- 1 min
Blue Skies and birds getting noisy
It was a quiet week as far as real migration. The blue sky and strong High over us is allowing the birds to keep flying right past us....
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birdjekyll
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
Yea! March is here
March is one of my favorite months of the year. It is warming up, but not too hot yet. And the birds are moving through, and some of my...
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birdjekyll
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
Oystercatcher, Painted Bunting, Spoonbills Oh My!
It was a beautiful late February Ramble. Four folks wanted to explore Jekyll with me. They wanted American Oystercatchers. We went to...
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birdjekyll
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
Chasing Rare Birds
I got a call from my friend Cilla. She had a brown hummingbird! Rufous Hummingbirds are a fun hummer who show up in the East in the...
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birdjekyll
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Eared Grebe in Brunswick
I study birds, maybe for drawing or maybe just to get a little more information. For a bird artist, you have to be ready. Ideas pop-up in...
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birdjekyll
- Jan 27, 2021
- 1 min
Starting again in 2021. Good Birding!
For over 30 years, I have been obsessed with birds. It all started with a Willow Ptarmigan in Churchill. This was not my first bird....
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birdjekyll
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
June 2020 Bird News
The Gloucous Gull spend June, July, and into August at the south end of Jekyll This is a map of the nesting colony of Least terns and...
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birdjekyll
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min
Least Terns on St. Simons Island
It is spring and the summer birds are coming back. Kites, Kingbirds, and fancy terns are back. Everyone is back. They are nesting and it...
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birdjekyll
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
First the beaches were closed 20 minutes later the beaches were opened.
Around the middle of March, the Glynn County Commissioners closed the beaches. You see, it was spring break and there were crowds on the...
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birdjekyll
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Here is the bird list for March
Bird seen on Jekyll Island March 12, 2020, 9:16 AM Shell Road, Jekyll Island, Georgia, US Lydia Thompson, Don Thompson, and Priscilla...
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birdjekyll
- Mar 12, 2020
- 3 min
Bird News for February 2020
List of bird seen in Februay on Jekyll
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birdjekyll
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
Chilly Morning for a Bird Ramble
February 27, 2020 Bird Ramble Priscilla, Don, Carl, Cheryl, and Lydia. It was a cold wind out of the northwest so I chose the...
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birdjekyll
- Feb 19, 2020
- 1 min
A Beautiful Morning to Count Birds in my Backyard
It is not a typical winter. For me, it is just right. I can wear my favorite sweater and I am good. So when the day dawned warm and...
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birdjekyll
- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
Thursday, Morning Bird Ramble
Thursday Morning Bird RambleFebruary 6, 2020, 8:55 to noon, with the addition of afternoon birding. The day was supposed to be rainy and...
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Lydia C Thompson
- Oct 5, 2019
- 1 min
Bird Art at Coastfest 2019
Coastfest is a big all-day party celebrating the Georgia Coast. The Georgia Department of Natural Resource, Coastal Division, puts this...
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