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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


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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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Recent reports from Waves soundfront

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

October 18

10American Wigeon ✓
20Northern Pintail ✓
30Rock Pigeon ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
10Laughing Gull ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
3American Herring Gull ✓
3Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
20Royal Tern ✓
1200Double-crested Cormorant ✓
6Brown Pelican ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
20House Sparrow ✓
20House Finch ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
20Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓

October 17

7Canada Goose ✓
2Clapper Rail ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓

October 16

2American Black Duck ✓
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1American Robin ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓

October 15

1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
2Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
2Sandwich Tern ✓
1White Ibis ✓
70American White Pelican ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓

October 14

1Green Heron ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 13

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
4Palm Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Dickcissel ✓

October 12

1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
4Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓