Eagle Scout Project

SIEEBRP recently assisted in Nick Strickland's Eagle Scout Project. Nick, a Life Scout, created the project with the goal of building nesting habitat for native bird species. Nick created the designs and built the bird boxes with the help of the other Scouts from Boy Scouts Troop 15, which is based at Saint Andrews Anglican Church in Mount Pleasant.

                                                       Boy Scouts Troop 15

After building the boxes, Nick looked for ideal locations to place them. The Town of Sullivan's Island gave him permission to place boxes at the park and at Station 19, AKA the Dump. Thanks go out to Mayor O'Neil!

                                                 Troop 15 and Sarah Diaz

It was a difficult task to place the poles! The holes were excavated with a post hole digger and then they had to be filled with cement. The poles were carefully placed and held up with wooden braces.

Some of the boxes had to be set up in the dark! Nick and the other Scouts worked hard to set up the poles and attach the boxes despite the swarms of mosquitoes and the fact that it was past dark.

Here is a view from afar of two bluebird boxes at the Dump at Station 19. The Scouts set up another box in the same area which was designed for Great Crested Flycatchers. Behind the Mound at Stith Park, the Scouts set up a Screech Owl box and another Bluebird Box.

The above photo is of Nick and his father Rick Strickland standing in front of the Screech Owl box. The braces were later removed.

Nick's Eagle Scout Project was sponsored by Lowe's Mount Pleasant, Royall Ace Hardware, Guy C Lee Building Materials, Hager Construction, and the Sullivan's Island Environmental Education and Bird Research Program.

We will keep you updated when birds begin to nest in the boxes this Spring!! More photos to come!

Signing off!
--Sarah Diaz