"B" is for Bachman Warbler. The Bachman warbler is a small brightly colored bird whose history is closely tied to the Palmetto State. The Reverend John Bachman discovered the species in 1832 on the Edisto River, a few miles north of Jacksonborough. In 1833, John James Audubon painted a male and named the species after his friend Bachman. Once common and widespread throughout the southeast, the warbler inhabited the edges or open interiors of swamps—usually nesting in thickets of canes or brambles. By 1900 the species had become rare, perhaps due to extensive destruction of hardwood swamps for agriculture. At the same time, large areas of the warbler's wintering grounds in Cuba were destroyed. South Carolina naturalist John H. Dick made the last acceptable sighting in 1958. No Bachman's warblers have been found on territory since 1961.
"B" is for Bachman Warbler
