Conservation and Advocacy Ongoing Research Projects
What is Project PROTHO?
The old-growth, bald cypress-tupelo
swamp at Beidler Forest contains some of the highest densities
of breeding Prothonotary Warblers in South Carolina.
In an effort to learn more about the breeding biology of these warblers within our unique ecosystem and to support our conservation efforts, we will capture and band some of the birds this spring.
Each Prothonotary Warbler will be
given a unique color-band combination that will allow
you to identify individual birds in the field.
A new touch-screen display in the
visitor center will teach you how to record data and identify
color-banded birds.
Sightings of color-banded birds will
provide valuable baseline data on site fidelity, territory
size, daily and seasonal movements, and nest success rates.
Join us in our quest to learn more about the breeding biology
of the Prothonotary Warbler within their natural habitat,
an old-growth, bottomland-hardwood forest! If you have any
questions or for more details, please contact Jeff Mollenhauer
at 843-462-2150 or via email.
