For field trips and outings:
Please contact our group, via an event’s registration email or phone number, for the particular trip you are interested in on our events or lecture page. Some events, or lectures, require no such registration which is reflected by the absence of such an instruction in the event’s descriptor. Should you have further questions you may contact us, in a timely manner prior to an event or lecture, at our email account: cnhs1905@att.net. This email account can also be used to inform the webmaster of website issues such as broken links. We may also be reached through comments and messages on Facebook.
Traditional correspondence may be sent to:
Charleston Natural History Society
P. O. Box 31373
Charleston, SC 29417
The Charleston Natural History Society is served by volunteer officers, board members at large, committee chairs and members. You may direct questions or comments to any of the individuals listed below:
President:
Jennifer McCarthey Tyrrell, MS
Jennifer has resided in the Charleston area since 2007 when she arrived here to attend the Masters of Environmental Studies Graduate Program at the College of Charleston. Her background includes wildlife rehabilitation with years of work at Wild Bird Centers and Wild Birds Unlimited, and the Center for Birds of Prey. She came to our chapter in 2008 as a citizen science chair. Expanding that she became our Christmas Count Compiler, Vice President, and eventually President. Jennifer works full time for Audubon South Carolina as the Engagement Manager and Master Bird Bander. She loves all things nature, science, native plants, and bird related sharing her enthusiasm with her two children and husband.
Vice President:
Vacant
Treasurer:
Whitney Schillerstrom
Whitney grew up in Mount Pleasant South Carolina and works at First Capital Bank in Downtown Charleston. She comes from a family of bankers working in the industry herself for over 10 years. Her interests include birding with her husband, Coastal Program Manager for Audubon South Carolina, Nolan Schillerstrom, yoga, hiking, climbing, and playing with their dog Piper.
Secretary:
Hailee Quintero
Hailee is a recent graduate from the University of Central FL in Orlando with a bachelors degree in zoology. She moved to Charleston in August of 2022 and current works as a survey technician on various NOAA vessels with plans to pursue a masters in ornithology.
Program Chair:
Vacant
Outings Chair:
Andy Harrison
Past chapter President, Andy is taking lead on field trips and outings. Andy has a long history with this chapter that included his Father, a past prominent birder in the Charleston community who was also involved with the chapter. When Andy isn’t out birding or organizing our Spring Count and Bird-a-thon, he’s working as a Hydrology Technician with the USDA Forest Service.
McAlhany Preserve:
Joe Cockrell
Joe is spearheading our activity at McAlhany Preserve, from building renovations to long-leaf pine habitat restoration and establishing new nature trails. Retired from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Joe has decades of experience in habitat management, restoration, and forestry. His extensive set of skills and experience have made McAlhany Nature Preserve the flourishing sanctuary it is today!
Lesser Squawk Editor:
Hannah Martin
Hannah is currently a student at the University of Virginia pursuing a bachelor’s degree in conservation biology and music. She is a Charleston native who gained a true fascination with birds in an ecoacousitcs class, and when she isn’t on the field with the Cavailer Marching Band she spends her time trying to convince her friends that birding is cool, actually.
Website:
Michael Harhold, MS
Michael is a 2019 transplant to Johns Island from the Detroit, Michigan area. His interest in birding began in the late 1970’s, under the tutelage of Dr. Orin Gelderloos at the University of Michigan – Dearborn, Environmental Interpretive Center (EIC), and included participation in the docent programs, Christmas Bird Counts, and a brief volunteer banding stint at the Rouge River Bird Observatory (EIC).
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