Making a Magazine
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n this issue you will find an exceptional selection
of articles about the birds that inhabit the Kiawah
beach. Nationally recognized experts have
generously shared their knowledge to make it
the complete showcase of shorebirds it is. First we thank
Aaron Given, our Town of Kiawah biologist and best-known
birdman of Kiawah. Every article written by one of our
regular contributors included a note indicating the author
had “run it by Aaron.” He definitely is the shadow editor of
this issue. Jean Woods from the Delaware Museum of Natural
History, Felicia Sanders and Janet Thibaut from the South
Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Melissa Chaplin
and Debra Reynolds from the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, Brad Winn from the Manomet, Inc., and Larry
Niles from Niles Associates instead of Conserve Wildlife
Foundation of New Jersey have all shared both time and
talent. Sue Corcoran and Tina Schell brought their editing,
photography and writing expertise, and Pamela Buongiorno
kept us on the straight and narrow with her proofreading
skills. Jake Zadik, naturalist with the Kiawah Island Nature
Program not only captured our beautiful cover shot but
wrote a great article as well. Jack Kotz, Paul Roberts, Frances
Boyd, Christine Sudell, Jane Ellis, and Christopher Widuch
contribute the best of journalism every time. NK
Melissa Chaplin is an endangered species
biologist with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in Charleston, South Carolina.
She has been with the agency for over
14 years and focuses on the recovery of
listed beach-dependent species such as
loggerhead sea turtles, piping plovers,
and red knots.
Jake Zadik is a naturalist with the Kiawah Island Nature Program
educating Kiawah visitors about the wildlife and wild places of Kiawah
Island. Jake is also employed as a Citizen Science Project Coordinator
with a company that develops apps and websites designed to engage
people with conservation and the nature around them. Jake is also
an extremely accomplished and well traveled amateur wildlife
photographer. You can see some of his work at www.jakezadik.com.
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Janet Thibault is a wildlife biologist with the
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Her past projects include working with nesting
seabirds in Massachusetts, Sandhill Crane
migration in Nebraska, native honeycreepers in
Hawaii, and puffins nesting in Alaska. The focus
of her current position is seabird and shorebird
conservation along the coast of South Carolina.
Naturally Kiawah