Charleston Living Magazine Nov-Dec 2023

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lowing in the wind and beady eyes darting back and forth. Donnelly has been birding since 2015 and has jumped into the hobby wholeheartedly, even working with local schools to provide information about local birds to students. A real estate agent by day, he previously worked on a golf course and became enamored with the beauty of the outdoors. He started Holy City Birding in 2022, offering group tours, writing a blog about birds and started a Bird Patch Club, where he creates unique patches of birds spotted on tours to mail to attendees. During his excursions, both with a group and solo, Donnelly enters the bird species and number of birds seen into EBird, an app on his phone that uses citizens as data scientists to help track bird species and inspires research on various species and habitats. Yet, seeing and identifying birds is just one part of the entire experience. Fringe benefits include enjoying the outdoors and slowing down to take in the natural world. Birding Around the Lowcountry As a Mt. Pleasant resident, Donnelly’s favorite place to bird watch in the winter is the pedestrian bridge The Pitt Street Bridge near the Old Village. “It's got such beautiful views and it's always active. All the seasons have different birds. Winter especially is a neat one there because you have the potential of seeing some wintering ducks or grebes, which is kind of like a duck. There are so many different birds you can see there and it's such an accessible place,” Donnelly said. Another place that he enjoys is Fort Moultrie National Park on Sullivan’s Island and the Sullivan's Island Trail. Going out with a birding guide is a great way to have an immediate bird dictionary and especially useful for those new to birding to learn about the species and their behavior and to get excited about birding. The Charleston County Parks offers early morning bird walks at the Caw Caw Interpretive Center in Ravenel from 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays in November and December. (Learn more and sign up at www.ccprc.org.) Donnelly said winter birding is great in dense forest areas like Caw Caw Interpretive Center in the winter as less leaves on trees make spotting birds—especially songbirds—a bit easier. About 20 miles Southwest of Charleston, the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge has (Right, top to bottom): Cooper's hawk, Shem Creek Park; Eastern Phoebe, Pitt Street Bridge; Hermit Thrush, Fort Moultrie; (Opposite): Hooded Mergansers, Pitt Street Bridge; Cedar Waxwing, Fort Moultrie; Greater Scaup, Charleston Harbor, Battery 72 | CharlestonLivingMag.com
a stunning winter resident—the white pelican, Donnelley said. While the brown pelican calls the Lowcountry home year-round, the white pelican in the winter can typically be spotted on the edges of Charleston in more remote areas. “But, if you look up and you're in Charleston and your timing is right, you'll see them fly over. They're actually much larger than the brown pelicans,” Donnelly said. Birding in your Backyard You don’t have to travel far to see unique winter birds in the Lowcountry; just take a trip to your Winter Birding Spots, According to Charles Donnelly with Holy City Birding Sullivan’s Island Fort Moultrie Sullivan’s Island Trail Mt. Pleasant/ Awendaw / McClellanville Pitt Street Bridge Shem Creek Park I’on Swamp Trail Santee Coastal Reserve Tibwin Plantation Bulls Island, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge James Island/Folly Beach Folly Beach Fishing Pier James Island County Park Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve West Ashley/Ravenel West Ashley Park Caw Caw Interpretive Center Edisto Botany Bay Plantation Wildlife Management Area (Edisto) November/December 2023 | 73
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