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)

To report a rare bird sighting in North or South Carolina, call Taylor Piephoff at 704-332-2473 and leave a message.

You can also e-mail Taylor at PiephoffT@aol.com.

July 22, 2004 RBA

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Hello, this is a July 22 update of the Carolina Rare Bird Alert featuring birding news from North and South Carolina sponsored by the Carolina Bird Club. Highlights on this report include:

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD

An immature MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD made an appearance at Falls Lake near Durham, NC on the evening of July 17 and the morning of July 18. Apparently the bird departed the area afternoon of the 18th. The appearance of this species well inland anywhere in the Carolinas is extremely unusual.

A ROSEATE SPOONBILL was seen 7-22 in the waterway marsh in front of the easternmost lake of the Sunset Beach, NC Twin Lakes. This bird may remain in the area for a while, like a couple of spoonbills did last summer in the same spot. Look in the marsh and trees around both lakes. The Twin Lakes are on Hwy. 179 just west of the Sunset Beach bridge.

An adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD came to a feeder in Merrimon, NC in Carteret County on 7-21. No further reports have been received.

A ROSEATE TERN was at Cape Hatteras Point on 7-17 among a large group of terns.

Thanks this week to Brian Bockhahn, Joe Gagliano, John Fussell, and Scott Baron for their calls and reports.

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