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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 Pinckney Island NWR

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

October 31

14Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ✓
4Mourning Dove ✓
1Clapper Rail ✓
38Common Gallinule ✓
1American Coot ✓
4Black-bellied Plover ✓
28Dunlin ✓
2Wood Stork ✓
1Anhinga ✓
21Double-crested Cormorant ✓
12White Ibis ✓
4Snowy Egret ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
6American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
12Tree Swallow ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
4House Finch ✓
9Savannah Sparrow ✓
32Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
5Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓

October 29

1Rock Pigeon ✓
1Prairie Willet ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
21Little Blue Heron ✓
62Tricolored Heron ✓
3Brown Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
3Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
5Palm Warbler ✓

October 28

2Royal Tern ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓

October 27

1Wilson's Snipe ✓
3Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1Roseate Spoonbill ✓
10Western Cattle-Egret ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
30Rusty Blackbird

October 26

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓