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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 1

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Mourning Dove
5Semipalmated Plover
18Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Wood Stork
35White Ibis
5Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Blue Jay
1Tufted Titmouse
25Cedar Waxwing
1Anhinga
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Bluebird
12Common Gallinule
1Carolina Chickadee
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Pine Warbler
2Painted Bunting

April 29

1American Wigeon
1Sora
1Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
3Western Cattle-Egret
1Northern Harrier
2Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Barn Swallow
12Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
5Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Parula
1Northern Cardinal

April 28

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Pied-billed Grebe
3White-eyed Vireo

April 27

9Caspian Tern
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2American Oystercatcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Gray Catbird
4Eastern Towhee
5Common Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager

April 26

2Wood Duck
1Clapper Rail
1Laughing Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Merlin
2House Finch

April 25

2Common Tern
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Osprey
2Mississippi Kite
XTree Swallow