by Kari Whitley | Oct 12, 2025 | Birding, Community, Foundation, General, Shem Creek
GUIDEPOSTS Crab Bank: For the Birds October 11, 2025 For the first time since 2017, Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary is alive with the wingbeats and calls of nesting pelicans. While other species immediately returned to Crab Bank to nest after it was rebuilt, pelicans...
by Kari Whitley | Oct 1, 2025 | Birding, Bulls Island & Cape Romain, Community, Foundation, General
GUIDEPOSTS On the Front Lines of Conservation: Protecting Birds at Cape Romain Heidi Edens, Cape Romain NWR Shorebird/Seabird TechnicianOctober 1, 2025 When people think of the Lowcountry, their minds often drift to sea turtles nesting under moonlit skies or dolphins...
by Kari Whitley | Sep 18, 2025 | Birding, Foundation, General, Shem Creek
GUIDEPOSTS Pelicans Return to Crab Bank September 18, 2025 For the first time since 2017, Eastern Brown Pelicans have returned to nest on Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary in Charleston Harbor. It’s a quiet triumph for a place that almost disappeared. When Crab Bank was...
by Kari Whitley | Jul 2, 2025 | Birding, Bulls Island & Cape Romain, Community, Foundation, General, Outdoor School
GUIDEPOSTS Giving Shorebirds a Voice: CREECS Students Join the Mission to Protect Cape Romain’s Coastal Birds This spring, the Coastal Expeditions Foundation Outdoor School launched a new education initiative that brought students into the heart of our conservation...
by Kari Whitley | Apr 26, 2025 | Beaufort, Birding, Bulls Island & Cape Romain, Community, Foundation, General
GUIDEPOSTS How to Be a Good Steward on South Carolina’s Wild Beaches When you step onto places like Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, St. Phillips Island, or Hunting Island State Park, you’re not just visiting a beach—you’re entering a living, breathing ecosystem...
by Kari Whitley | Apr 24, 2025 | Beaufort, Birding, Bulls Island & Cape Romain, Community, General
GUIDEPOSTS Painted Buntings Return to the Lowcountry:How to Attract These Vibrant Visitors to Your Backyard Each spring, just as the sweetgrass begins to stir and the salt marshes wake up from their winter slumber, the painted buntings return to South Carolina’s...
