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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.

May 13

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
6Laughing Gull
1White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
1Green Heron
1Great Egret
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
2Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
5Carolina Wren
4Yellow-breasted Chat
10Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
4Common Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
2Prairie Warbler
4Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
8Indigo Bunting

May 12

5Wood Duck
2Mallard
7Wild Turkey
24Mourning Dove
1Black-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Virginia Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Anhinga
16Double-crested Cormorant
3Tricolored Heron
25Western Cattle-Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Eastern Screech-Owl
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
9White-eyed Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
5Blue Jay
8American Crow
1Tree Swallow
4Purple Martin
4Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
7Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
8Eastern Towhee
2Bobolink
5Eastern Meadowlark
3Orchard Oriole
2Ovenbird
1Northern Waterthrush
14Prothonotary Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Blackpoll Warbler
1Pine Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
3Summer Tanager