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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.

May 15

3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
30Common Gallinule
1Black-bellied Plover
34Semipalmated Plover
16Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Ring-billed Gull
2Wood Stork
14Anhinga
445White Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
10Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
12Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
40Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
4Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
5Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
3Eastern Towhee
8Red-winged Blackbird
12Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
7Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting

May 14

1Least Bittern
1Blue Jay
1Brown Pelican
1Fish Crow
1Barn Swallow
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Tennessee Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat

May 13

1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Pied-billed Grebe
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Northern Flicker
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
XNorthern Mockingbird
XAmerican Goldfinch
1Common Grackle
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Indigo Bunting
1Common Nighthawk
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Cedar Waxwing
1Royal Tern
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Pileated Woodpecker

May 11

2Wood Duck
2Rock Pigeon
3Chimney Swift
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
3Least Sandpiper
10Laughing Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Glossy Ibis
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Kingbird
4Chipping Sparrow
1Double-crested Cormorant
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird

May 10

1American Redstart

May 9

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Black-necked Stilt