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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.

May 20

15Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3Wood Duck
12Mourning Dove
38Common Gallinule
2Black-bellied Plover
12Semipalmated Plover
3Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Dunlin
28Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
28Anhinga
457White Ibis
21Black-crowned Night Heron
12Little Blue Heron
5Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
52Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Osprey
8Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
15Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
14White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
9American Crow
2Fish Crow
12Carolina Chickadee
14Tufted Titmouse
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
8Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
16Carolina Wren
7Eastern Bluebird
5House Finch
7Eastern Towhee
22Red-winged Blackbird
7Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
26Boat-tailed Grackle
5Northern Parula
12Pine Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
29Northern Cardinal
6Painted Bunting

May 19

2Chimney Swift
1Least Bittern
1Black Vulture
1Wood Stork

May 18

2Double-crested Cormorant
1Bald Eagle
1Red-headed Woodpecker

May 17

1Rock Pigeon
5Sanderling
2Western Sandpiper
1Royal Tern
1Gray Catbird
30Western Cattle-Egret

May 16

1American Herring Gull
1Gull-billed Tern
1Forster's Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Mississippi Kite
3Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
8Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
1Blue Grosbeak

May 15

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Ring-billed Gull

May 14

1Tennessee Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat