Official Cape Romain Bird Observatory Web Site

The Mission of the Cape Romain Bird Observatory:
To promote bird conservation and healthy ecosystems through scientific study, volunteer efforts, ecotourism promotion and education & outreach programs. To promote interest in birding, thereby stimulating interest in conservation.

The Southeast Atlantic Coast is undergoing explosive growth and development. The next 10-20 years are a crucial period for many of our native bird species and the ecosystems they inhabit. Since bird populations are outstanding indicators of the health of their ecosystems (the proverbial "Canary in a coal mine"), studying birds can alert us to problems and point the way to preserving our natural heritage. Prior to CRBO being established in coastal South Carolina, there were no bird observatories south of Virginia's Eastern Shore on the East Coast of the United States.

There is an urgent need for increased research on several birds of concern, as well as volunteer efforts to assist them. There is also an urgent need to identify critical breeding, wintering and migration habitat in order to save it from (over)development. In the absence of hard scientific data, the warnings and cries of alarm from the conservation community are much less effective against the short-range economic outlook that so influences politics and public policy.

Upcoming Events: Boat Trip to see the Cape Romain Long-billed Curlews - December 4, 2009

A few of our past events: Pelagic birding trip out of Charleston, SC. May 30, 2009

Field Trip to observe SC's largest remaining group of Wayne's Black-throated Green Warblers. May 2, 2009

Rusty Blackbird Blitz. February 7-15, 2009

Weekly bird walks at Legare Farms on Johns Island, SC. October-November 2007

2007 CRBO Shorebird Identification Workshop

Projects of note: South Carolina Marked Shorebird Resighting Project

Annual SC Midwinter Piping Plover Census 2007 census results 2008 census results

Rusty Blackbird project page

CRBO's Barn Owl nest box program:    Donated Barn Owl nest boxes for farmers and landowners (with suitable habitat)

Information about sought-after birds of coastal SC:     Specialty Birds of the SC Lowcountry

Web page on birding the Charleston Harbor area:    Charleston Birding

Web page on birding Bull's Island:    Birding Bull's Island

Web page on birding the Santee Delta:    Santee Delta Birding

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