Carolina Bird Club

Carolina Bird Club

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About the Club

Mission Statement

The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is

To promote the observation, enjoyment, and study of birds.
To provide opportunities for birders to become acquainted, and to share information and experience.
To maintain well-documented records of birds in the Carolinas.
To support the protection and conservation of birds and their habitats and foster an appreciation and respect of natural resources.
To promote educational opportunities in bird and nature study.
To support research on birds of the Carolinas and their habitats.

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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

The Club meets each winter, spring, and fall at different locations in the Carolinas. Meeting sites are selected to give participants an opportunity to see many different kinds of birds. Guided field trips and informative programs are combined for an exciting weekend of meeting with people who share an enthusiasm and concern for birds.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

The Club provides this website to all for free.

By becoming a member, you support the activities of the Club, receive reduced registration fee for meetings, can participate in bonus field trips, and receive our publications.

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Other Resources (NOT sponsored by Carolina Bird Club)

The Chat Volume 19 Number 3 (September 1955)

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Front Matter

Cover of The Chat Volume 19 Number 3 (September 1955) Cover: “First look at the world.” Baby Bluebirds at nesting box entrance. Wake County, North Carolina. Photo by Jack Dermid, Rt. 5, Raleigh, N. C.

Table of Contents

Contents

President's Page 51

Warblers of the Yadkin River Valley. John Trott 52

The Cattle Egret Comes to South Carolina. Ellison A. Williams 54

The 1955 Spring Count. B. R. Chamberlain, Compiler 58

How to Block Count Waterfowl. Harold M. Steele 62

Backyard Birding. Annie Rivers Faver, Department Editor 64

Books (Reviews by Kay Sisson and Robert Overing) 66

Our Land Is Our Life (J. M. Eleazer, Editor tocitem_inset

The Bird Book, by Leon A. Housman tocitem_inset

General Field Notes B. R. Chamberlain, Department Editor 67

Evening Grosbeaks 67

Breeding Dickcissels at Winston-Salem. Doris C. Simpson 68

Behavior: Pectoral Sandpiper. Edward Kissam; Carolina Wren, Mrs. A. B. Hurt; Slate-colored Junco, Frank Meacham 69

Depredation at a Breeding Colony. Ernest Cutts 70

European Widgeon at North Wilkesboro. Wendell P. Smith 70

European Teal at Pea Island Refuge. P. W. Sykes et al 70

Florida Gallinule in the Great Smokies. E. A. Williams 70

Grounded Starlings. J. W. E. Joyner 70

Winter Record of an Indigo Bunting. Mrs. Paul L. Atwood 71

Briefs for the Files 71

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