Fripp Island Birds
Over 80 species of birds reside on Fripp Island. Birds travel from all over the country to visit Fripp during our warm summer season. The birds love Fripp so much that the National Audubon society named Fripp Island an Important Bird Area.
Some of the species you can view at Fripp are:
- Osprey
- White Ibis
- Red Throated Loon
- Black Skimmer
- Double Crested Cormorant
- Scoter
- Old Squaw
- Great Blue Heron
Visit the South Carolina Audubon Society for more information.
Want to learn more about bird species on Fripp? Check out a full list of the birds on Fripp Island.
“My job... is just beach.” - Westken snowy plover
Western snowy plovers are all about beach! Until September, these small, sparrow-sized shorebirds are hard at work incubating eggs and caring for their chicks. You can safely share the shore with these threatened birds by:
- Give wildlife space: do not approach or chase these birds.
- Respect all posted signs and roped-off areas for the protection of wildlife.
- Avoid prolonged picnicking or sunbathing in plover nesting habitat (dry sand areas above the wrack line).
- Walk on the wet hard-packed sand below the wrack line to avoid nesting habitat.
- Camp or build fires only in designated areas.
- If you’re on a beach that allows vehicles, drive ‘low and slow’, staying on the hard-packed sand below the high tide line where plovers forage.
- Avoid driving over old vehicle or foot tracks as plovers like to rest or “loaf” in these and are extremely hard to see.
- Avoid flying kites or other hovering objects near plover nesting habitat.
- Please dispose of all trash properly and do not inadvertently or intentionally feed wildlife.
- Know beach-specific dog rules before you go. If dogs are permitted, please follow the leash rules.
Thank you in advance!
🎨 by Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS
Newborn Least Tern struggling to get down its breakfast. Sunrise - July 2021 in theoceancounty NJ. #leasttern #audubonsociety #birds #birdsofinstagram #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #best_birds_planet #best_birds_of_world #photographyinmyframe #oceanvirals #allkindsofmagic #allkindsofnature #jshn #nj #newjersey #sharetheshore #audbonsociety #earthfocus #featured_wildlife #global_creatives #planetbirds #shorebirds #whatschirping #animal_elite #macro_perfection #macro_brilliance #birdsonearth #birds_adored #natgeo
• #ShareTheShore • this Piping Plover chick, pictured at 4 days old, is beating the odds. Its three siblings were taken by predators within a few days, but this little one has become adept at avoiding the plentiful ghost crabs that tip toe on their claws across the beach hoping to steal prey into their sandy tunnels. It responds to alarm calls from its parents, freezing and flattening to the ground, as an e-bike races across the beach at low tide. The fuzzy chick, smaller than a surf clam, remains motionless as the fat tires speed by just feet away from leaving the parents chick-less. Overhead, gulls and crows listen for the plover calls and search for flightless prey. On a busy weekend beach day, the chick navigates beach chairs, walkers and unleashed dogs, as it makes its way to the intertidal zone to eat. It’s not easy being a plover.
Where do weanlings (elephant seal pups who are no longer nursing) go on their first trip at sea?
Without any teaching, or any help from their fellow weanlings, these brave young voyagers venture to sea and learn how to navigate the North Pacific and find food. How do they find their way? Do the males and females instinctively follow the same routes as the adults?
Researchers at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are trying to answer these questions. Among the 15 weanlings tracked over the past 2 years, scientists have found a lot of individual variation. Many weanlings headed northward along the coast or just off the continental shelf near the Pacific northwest. But one weanling stayed near the Channel Islands off southern California, and another spent most of her time off the coast of Alaska!
We are just beginning to understand where the weanlings go. Join us in April to start #WatchingThoseWeanlings and follow this year’s 10 intrepid explorers on their journeys: https://www.calpoly-viplab.com/satellite-tags
That’s a wrap for #WinterWildlifeWonders! Thank you for following along these past 8 weeks as we shared fun facts about elephant seals and ways to be a steward in their protection.
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📷: Kathleen Curtis
Image Description: A close-up shot of a group of weanlings with silver fur laying next to one another.
#AñoNuevoStatePark #WinterWildlifeWonders #ElephantSeal #WatchingThoseWeanlings #HelpMeStayWild #RespectWildlife #ShareTheShore #StewardshipSunday #CAStateParks
Did you know February 15 marked the beginning of the breeding season for shorebirds in Florida?
Nesting sites in the eastern Florida Panhandle have been busy setting up string fencing, often called symbolic fencing, to protect dune and beach ecosystems from being trampled and eroded. But there are plenty of ways that you can help #ShareTheShore the next time you’re out on the state`s beaches this breeding season—remember to follow these tips:
🚫 Avoid feeding wildlife
🗑️ Dispose of trash properly
🚗 Avoid driving on beaches
🐕 Keep dogs on leashes or off beaches when they’re not permitted
🐦 Give shorebirds their space and avoid flushing them
Find out more about the ongoing efforts to ensure that Florida’s shorebirds have a safe breeding season by tapping the link in our bio.
A Snowy Plover peeks out while camouflaged on the shore. 📷: Veryl Witmer/Audubon Photography Awards
It`s #WorldOceansDay! Rockaway Beach is NYC`s front-row seat to the Atlantic Ocean. When you visit, help keep the ocean clean by taking your trash with you. Trash on the beach can wind up in the ocean and harm the marine ecosystem as well as the birds that thrive on our oceanfront. 📷: daniel.avila
If you`re looking for a way to help birds this summer, consider volunteering with nycploverproject. YOU can be an ambassador for New York`s cutest shorebird, the endangered piping plover.
There are only about 8,000 left in the world, with a few hundred in NY. We are privileged to have these birds nesting right on our city beaches, but their nesting areas are often disturbed by humans and their pets. Join nycploverproject, working with gatewaynps, nycaudubon and others, to keep these areas safe.
Last weekend, volunteers chalked the Rockaway Beach boardwalk and connected with cyclists, rollerbladers, walkers, surfers and others enjoying the 🌞. We can all #sharetheshore.
They need volunteers through August at Fort Tilden, Jacob Riis and Breezy Point Tip. Another volunteer training will be happening in early June. Visit nycploverproject for more info.
📷: chrisallieri
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#pipingplover #pipingplovers #protecttheplover #plovers #shorebirds #endangeredspecies
Why do Black Skimmers have these strange, uneven bills? For a very specific purpose: when these coastal birds fly low, with their long lower mandibles plowing the water, they’ll snap the bill shut once they contact a fish.
A Black Skimmer with its beak wide open in Wachapreague, Virginia. 📷: Joshua Galicki (galicki_photography)/Audubon Photography Awards
Day 25
Prompt: Baby bird
I couldn’t resist painting the cutest baby around, the Piping Plover. These adorable little fluff balls are just so precious and tiny and I dearly hope we have some in Chicago next spring.
Birdtober club by kaylafiskbirds
#birdtober2023 #birdtoberclub2023 #birdtoberclub #chicagopipingplovers #glpipl #pipingploverchick #sharetheshore
Least Tern providing shelter to its 2 day old chick earlier today. July 5, 2021. Ocean County, NJ. 🇺🇸 🐣 #leasttern #audubonsociety #birds #birdsofinstagram #best_bird_shots #best_birds_of_ig #best_birds_planet #best_birds_of_world #photographyinmyframe #oceanvirals #allkindsofmagic #allkindsofnature #jshn #nj #newjersey #sharetheshore #audbonsociety #earthfocus #featured_wildlife #global_creatives #planetbirds #zcreators #nikonz7ii #shorebirds #whatschirping #animal_elite #macro_perfection #macro_brilliance #birdsonearth #birds_adored
The Fripp Island Resort offers two Birding Nature Tours. Please follow the link below to view the availible tours and scheduling information.
