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November 1st & 2nd, 2024 Upcoming Eco Events!  Looking for an eco event this weekend?? Check out these options listed below.  Low Country Marine Mammal Network has an upcoming event November 1st at Two Blokes Brewing! Link to the event here: Click for more! SIBBS–Sullivan’s Island Bird Banding Station Annual Fundraiser! Check out the QR…

American White Pelican  Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Earlier this October we slowly began seeing one of our yearly migrants that has started migrating to the Charleston area, we believe, within the last 10 years. This could be due to climate change, sea level rise, habitat loss, habitat preference, or a combination of all of those things. This…

With this awesome fall weather there are  A LOT of upcoming events.  Here are a few events we’d like to highlight and we will try to share more events pertaining to all things eco!!!   TURTLE TALK–TONIGHT OCT. 17th 6pm. If you are looking for a sea turtle talk there is a sea turtle talk…

Stede Bonnet’s Jolly Roger flag (source Wikipedia) From 1650-1720 pirates navigated the ocean and it was known as, “The Golden Age of Piracy”. Pirates tended to “pirate” in the Caribbean because Spanish ships carrying New World trade items there were fairly slow and if needed the pirates could use several Caribbean coves and islands for…

Marina ghost! October has arrived and we are so so ready for spooky season! Please check our website if you have any questions about tours or feel free to give us a call at 843-886-5000! We’d love to answer your questions!  Every month we like to include a blog post that contains information about citizen science projects…

Under special wildlife permits, Capt. Nike has volunteered out at Cape Romain and has helped release stragglers!  It is almost the end of September which means we are wrapping up the nesting and hatching season for sea turtles in South Carolina! The sea turtle nesting season for SC is typically May-October. This year, the first…

Last blog post we mentioned the mullet run which is a migration of one of our common fish along the SC coast that signifies a changing of season. Did you know sharks migrate too? Around the coast in the low country we have about 38 species of sharks, skates, and rays that frequent our waters….

Late August through early September is when seasons in the low country start to change. Although it is still warm in the Charleston area, the changes can be subtle. The marsh grass also called spartina (how did you read it Sparh-tie-nuh or Sparh-tea-na?) will start to hint at a golden color. Migration of birds, fish,…

Capers beach sweep partnered with the SCA! Days are starting to get shorter so when booking sunset dolphin tours please be mindful of the tour times! Tis’ the season when sunset is getting earlier! Please check our website if you have any questions about tours or feel free to give us a call at 843-886-5000! We’d love…

Horeshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) Horseshoe crab shells are frequently found washed up on Capers Island and other beaches. To know if it is a true molt or shed of its exoskeleton is sometime difficult to determine. If it looks like the shell is peeling open around the upper edge, it is probably a molt. If…

Eastern brown pelicans on the fly! A common but wonderful sight to see when heading out to Capers Island is the diving eastern brown pelican! Did you know there are eight species of pelican world wide and out of those eight, only two species of pelican will dive as a feeding behavior? One of those…

If you have joined us on a tour you know the goal destination is Capers Island. Capers is a barrier island. Barrier Islands are made up of three distinct habitats; salt marsh, maritime forest, and beach! Maritime forest is a fancy name for forest near the sea (Mar=water like marina or marine). Barrier islands can lessen the impact of storms due to their sand dunes and grasses that are able to absorb storm or wave energy. They are also dynamic because they are constantly gaining or loosing sand deposits by wind and water (island erosion!).