I grew up in Florence, and we did not, to my knowledge, have coyotes around in the 1980s or early ’90s. Sure, I watched Looney Tunes – and always sympathized with Wile E. Coyote when his antics went horribly wrong – but I never saw a real one in our midst. Nowadays, many folks on Sullivan’s Island have a different story to tell. For the last several years, the coyote population … [Read more...] about Coyotes on the Island: Howlin’ at the Moon
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Flights of Fancy: Bird Banding on Sullivan’s Island
Long before birds became trendy, Sarah Harper Diaz, a native of Sullivan's Island, found them to be fascinating. As a teenager, she began banding birds with the help of a mentor, Dr. Will Post, also an island resident. Today, she helps lead the island's new migrant bird banding project, known as the Sullivan's Island Environmental Education and Research Program. The goal? To … [Read more...] about Flights of Fancy: Bird Banding on Sullivan’s Island
Unbridled Beauty: Sullivan’s Island’s Nature Boardwalk
The sun is setting ever so gracefully over the waves, painting the sky in shades of lavender and burnt orange. The air is thick with humidity and salt. I’m at the beach at Sullivan’s Island, but gentle grains of sand are not caressing my feet. Instead, I’m standing on a section of slightly elevated boardwalk constructed out of treated Southern yellow pine. Close to the ground, … [Read more...] about Unbridled Beauty: Sullivan’s Island’s Nature Boardwalk