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Events

    • 08/30/2025
    • 8:30 AM
    • Nimmer Turf Farm, Ridgeland, SC
    • 2
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    Join expert birders Jim Asmuth and Chip Walker for a car caravan sandpiper hunt at this working turf farm. We will be stopping when we sight activity on the sod fields. Scopes would be helpful; Chip and Jim will be bringing theirs.

    Target birds are the Upland, Buff-Breasted and Pectoral Sandpipers, all of which were seen around that time in 2024. There is a colony of year round Ground Doves, as well. It takes about 2 2- 2.5 hours to cover the various sod fields. Note that people are welcome when the farm is NOT working - which means weekends only.

    We will meet at the Piggly Wiggly, 10847 N. Jacob Smart Blvd. in downtown Ridgeland. SC parking lot at 8:30am. Take Rte 278 to I-95North and get off at the Ridgeland exit. We will carpool from there, so we have more eyes in each vehicle, and fewer vehicles.

    The drive is about 35-40 minutes from Bluffton. There are no facilities or water available after the Piggly Wiggly. There is little shade and the roads are packed sand but very passable. If we have really nasty weather (e.g. hurricane?), our rain date will be Sept 6.

    Tickets are $12.00 for members and nonmembers. Limited to 15 people.

    • 09/06/2025
    • 8:30 AM
    • 15

    (Member registration opens 8/3; nonmembers on 8/10.)

    Start the fall field trip season with a slow meander with Master Birder, Terry Cerisoles, around the newly established Mid Island Community Park, which is being converted from many years as a golf course. At present, there is a small parking lot, some port-o-potties, and plenty of old, uneven, but mowed golf cart paths and fairways. Bordering pines and oaks are very popular with many resident bird species. Some are common, but others are not often seen elsewhere on Hilton Head. The very tall dead standing pines host the only Red-Headed Woodpecker colony we know of on the island. Join Hilton Head Audubon along the paths and lagoons, for about 2 or 3 hours, 2 or 3 miles. Except for occasional overflying aircraft , this place feels very wild but is in the heart of the island. 

    Directions: The parking lot is about 100 yards off of Rte 278, on Union Cemetery Rd, Hilton Head SC. If coming from the north (from Bluffton or the Cross Island Expressway), take 278 Business East. Go past Matthews Rd, then past the Dillon Rd interesection (McDonald's) -- both of which have traffic lights. The next left (no traffic light) is Union Cemetery Rd. If coming from the south on Rte 278 Business (e.g. from Sea Pines), go past Port Royal Plantation entrance, and take the next right onto Union Cemetery Rd. If you make the turn onto Union Cemetery Rd, but miss the parking lot, you will soon see the Union Cemetery itself, and need to turn around.

    Tickets are $12.00 for members and $14.00 for nonmembers. Capacity is limited to 15 people. Rain date is Sept 20th. 


Past events

07/10/2025 Summer Meander at Pinckney NWR with Carlos Chacon
06/21/2025 Lowcountry Master Birder Program
06/12/2025 Juneteenth Celebrating Naych and B’uhds (Nature and Birds)
05/13/2025 Annual Picnic at Jarvis Creek Park
05/11/2025 Bring Your Mom on a Field Trip to Cypress Wetlands!
05/10/2025 Demonstration: Raptor Experience - Meet the Majestic Birds of Prey!
05/10/2025 Newhall Work Day
05/03/2025 Best of Birding in Sun City
04/27/2025 Field Trip: Webb Wildlife Center and Game Mgmt Area
04/19/2025 Field Trip: Spring Fever at Pinckney
04/12/2025 Newhall Work Day
04/06/2025 SOLD OUT! Special Event: Owls Up Close
04/06/2025 SOLD OUT! Meet the Owls: A Community Wildlife Experience!
04/05/2025 Field Trip: Widgeon Point and Cypress Wetlands
03/29/2025 Field Trip: HHA 'Mindful" Bird Walk at Coastal Discovery
03/26/2025 RESCHEDULED -Field Trip: Nemours Wildlife Foundation
03/24/2025 Field Trip: Palmetto Bluff Adventure
03/15/2025 Field Trip: Crossings Park with HHA Education Chair, Ken Adams
03/11/2025 Flying In and Out of Hilton Head Island - our Migrating Birds
03/08/2025 Newhall Work Day
03/01/2025 - RESCHEDULED - Field Trip: Winter on Pinckney with Stephen Dickson
02/22/2025 Bird and Nature Walk for Teens, Tweens and Children
02/22/2025 CANCELED - Coastal Conservation League Update
02/22/2025 Field Trip: Mid-Island Community Park, "Beginner Birding Experience" with Jim Asmuth
02/15/2025 Field Trip: Bear Island Wildlife Mgmt Area
02/09/2025 Field Trip: Laurel Hill Drive, Savannah NWR
02/08/2025 Presentation: South Carolina's Critical Role in the Survival of Arctic Nesting Shorebirds
02/08/2025 RESCHEDULED: Birding By Ear with Jim Asmuth
02/08/2025 Newhall Work Day
02/01/2025 Presentation: Introduction to Lowcountry Birds
02/01/2025 Field Trip: Crossings Park with HHA Education Chair, Ken Adams
01/25/2025 CANCELED- Field Trip: Winter on Pinckney with Stephen Dickson
01/18/2025 Merlin and eBird Followup Class and Field Practice
01/15/2025 Field Trip: Onslow Island, Savannah Nat Wildlife Refuge
01/14/2025 Photography Talk: "Love Is In The Air - The Magic of Avian Breeding Behaviors and Environments on Hilton Head
01/11/2025 Newhall Work Day
01/07/2025 Getting Started with Merlin and eBird
12/16/2024 HHA 2024 Christmas Bird Count
12/14/2024 Newhall Work Day
12/05/2024 Citizen Science Preparation Event Audubon Christmas Bird Count
11/23/2024 Field Trip: Sterling Park with Diana Churchill
11/09/2024 Field Trip: Exploring Honey Hill Battlefield Park
11/09/2024 Newhall Work Day
11/05/2024 Birding By Ear
11/02/2024 Presentation: Introduction to Lowcountry Birds
10/26/2024 Field Trip:History and Nature at Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park
10/24/2024 NEW !!Field Trip: Beginning Shorebird ID
10/19/2024 Field Trip: Beginning Shorebird ID
10/10/2024 Birds and Brew Social Event
10/08/2024 Birding 101: Introduction to Birding
10/05/2024 Field Trip: "Ornitheraphy" Field Experience
09/30/2024 Presentation and Book Signing: "Ornitherapy"
09/14/2024 RESCHEDULED! Field Trip: Mid Island Community Park

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