Sullivan's Island Bird Banding Station

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Sullivan's Island Bird Banding Station We are a program for migratory bird research and environmental education. Welcome to the Sullivan's Island Bird Banding Station.

We are currently operating a seasonal bird banding program in the protected land on Sullivan's Island. We are studying Neotropical migratory bird populations. During the Fall season, the protected land on Sullivan's Island is a migration stopover location for many birds during their long journeys from their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada to their wintering grounds in the Caribbean, Central, or South America. Our education program provides Biological Sciences programming in local schools, including in-school activities, after-school programming, field trips, and banding demonstrations.

We had a great first day of Fall migration banding! Migrants are already on the move! We banded some resident birds as w...
09/09/2026

We had a great first day of Fall migration banding! Migrants are already on the move! We banded some resident birds as well. See photo captions for more info.

We have had an exciting start to our Spring season! We have been collecting some amazing site fidelity data for overwint...
04/15/2026

We have had an exciting start to our Spring season! We have been collecting some amazing site fidelity data for overwintering birds. One White-throated Sparrow returned from last year and another from 2023. A Gray Catbird also returned that was originally banded in 2024. These birds are returning to the Protected Land on Sullivan's Island year after year. We can only hope to recapture our Painted Bunting from 2020 for the 7th year in a row. The Painted Buntings are just returning here from the Caribbean and Central America to breed. Fingers crossed we will recapture him this season!

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Station 16 S
Sullivan's Island, SC
29482

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