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)

Blue Jay

Species: Blue Jay Photographer: F. Heckrotte and A. Lamarre
Date: 23 May 2014 Location: , SC

Two white baby Blue Jays were sighted and observed for several minutes as well as two parent normally colored Blue Jays. The young Blue Jays had apparently fallen from their nests. Both were clearly immature and not capable of sustained flight, although one was able to fly three or four feet. The first was sighted on the hiking trail and we caught thinking it was abandoned. Shortly afterward we noticed a second white baby about twenty feet on the opposite side of the trail so we released the captured baby near it. Both birds united quickly and then the parent Blue Jays flew in and around them nervously. After watching all four for several more minutes we continued our walk hoping the babies would gain wing strength to fly to a perch above the ground.

Blue Jay

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Blue Jay

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