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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.

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Recent reports from North River Farms (permission required)

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

November 13

48Blue-winged Teal ✓
1Northern Shoveler ✓
25American Black Duck ✓
5Northern Pintail ✓
6Bufflehead ✓
5Wild Turkey ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
7Turkey Vulture ✓
4Northern Harrier ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
14Northern Flicker ✓
11Eastern Phoebe ✓
5Blue Jay ✓
11American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
6American Robin ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
5Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
5Swamp Sparrow ✓
7Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
49Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓

November 9

10Canada Goose ✓
1Wood Duck ✓
1Gadwall ✓
1American Wigeon ✓
2Mallard ✓
15Green-winged Teal ✓
4Ring-necked Duck ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Dunlin ✓
25Laughing Gull ✓
4Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Little Blue Heron ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3American Kestrel ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
55Fish Crow ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
12Northern House Wren ✓
2Sedge Wren ✓
3European Starling ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
4Hermit Thrush ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1House Finch ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
6Eastern Meadowlark ✓
50Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

November 8

5Hooded Merganser ✓
2Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
2White Ibis ✓
1American Bittern ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓