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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.

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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.

April 22

16Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Wood Duck
3Mourning Dove
26Common Gallinule
2Pied-billed Grebe
2Wood Stork
12Anhinga
34Double-crested Cormorant
364White Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
6Black-crowned Night Heron
11Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
8Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
72Great Egret
2Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Eastern Bluebird
10Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Pine Warbler
9Northern Cardinal

April 21

2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
7Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Willet
3Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-tailed Hawk
9Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Blue Jay
6American Crow
7Carolina Wren
1House Finch
3Eastern Towhee
4Brown-headed Cowbird
3Northern Parula
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
3Summer Tanager
2Painted Bunting
2Barn Swallow
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
9Cedar Waxwing
2Common Yellowthroat
2Black-throated Blue Warbler

April 20

1Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Sandwich Tern
1Northern Flicker
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet

April 19

2American Robin
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Spotted Sandpiper

April 17

2Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Eastern Kingbird
1Hermit Thrush
1Palm Warbler