South Carolina Birding Highlights
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Walker Catlett
Growing up in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Walker developed a lifelong love for both the outdoors and the birds that inhabit it. As a member of the Blue Ridge Young Birders Club, he not only sharpened his identification skills but also gained early guiding experience by leading field trips for both the […]
Peter Kleinhenz
Peter Kleinhenz is based in Aiken, South Carolina, where he works full-time as the Executive Director of the Aiken Land Conservancy, an accredited land trust dedicated to protecting the habitats of the very birds he seeks in his free time. His position offers him a unique perspective on regional habitats, species, and conservation opportunities—while also […]
John Patten Moss
For John Patten Moss, everything began in 2012 with the sudden appearance of an Eastern Towhee beneath his backyard feeder. He was 15. One glance in his mother’s decades-old field guide—naming it a Rufous-sided Towhee—was all it took to reveal an entire world he hadn’t yet noticed. From that moment on, birds became the driving […]
Charlie Ayers
Charlie Ayers began birding when he arrived at college and joined the school’s Birding Club. He originally entered college intending to specialize in amphibian disease ecology, but his life took a different turn on a cold March evening along the Blue Ridge Parkway. He and a few club members set out to watch the mating […]
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