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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.

June 16

1Mourning Dove
8Common Gallinule
1Wood Stork
13Anhinga
300White Ibis
1Least Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
3Little Blue Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
10Great Egret
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Fish Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Towhee
6Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
1Painted Bunting

June 15

1Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1American Robin
3House Finch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Northern Parula
1Summer Tanager
3Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Mallard
6Tricolored Heron
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Osprey
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
1European Starling
2Eastern Bluebird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Indigo Bunting
1Wood Duck
1Killdeer
2Northern Mockingbird
10Common Grackle

June 14

2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Roseate Spoonbill
2White-eyed Vireo

June 13

5Laughing Gull
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron

June 11

1Common Tern
2Gray Catbird