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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.

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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.

March 8

26Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
24Bufflehead
7Hooded Merganser
6Mourning Dove
76Common Gallinule
12American Coot
2Laughing Gull
4Ring-billed Gull
1Forster's Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
1Horned Grebe
1Common Loon
3Wood Stork
3Anhinga
4Double-crested Cormorant
108White Ibis
4Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
14Snowy Egret
30Great Egret
6Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
2Black Vulture
1Osprey
3Bald Eagle
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
7Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
9White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
6American Crow
1Fish Crow
12Carolina Chickadee
14Tufted Titmouse
12Tree Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
6Eastern Bluebird
1Hermit Thrush
1American Robin
92Cedar Waxwing
3Chipping Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
15Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
14Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
12Yellow-rumped Warbler
26Northern Cardinal

March 7

2Wood Duck
1Mallard
1Sora
1Black-bellied Plover
1American Bittern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Pileated Woodpecker
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
4White-throated Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Palm Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1American Oystercatcher
1Marsh Wren
2House Finch

March 6

1Blue-winged Teal
85Red-breasted Merganser
1Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
1Blue-headed Vireo

March 5

7Bonaparte's Gull
2American White Pelican
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Cooper's Hawk
6Eastern Towhee
2Rock Pigeon

March 4

1Gadwall