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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.

November 13

48Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Blue-winged Teal
57Common Gallinule
5American Coot
1Royal Tern
6Pied-billed Grebe
3Wood Stork
1Anhinga
11Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
8Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
3Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
5Blue Jay
11American Crow
3Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Northern House Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
8Eastern Bluebird
2Hermit Thrush
6House Finch
2Swamp Sparrow
13Red-winged Blackbird
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
12Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

November 12

1Ruddy Duck
1Virginia Rail
1Sora
11Least Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Green-winged Teal
1Bufflehead
6Dunlin
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
1Forster's Tern
1White-throated Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Pine Warbler

November 11

9Wood Duck
5Lesser Scaup
4Chipping Sparrow

November 10

1Cooper's Hawk
1Ring-necked Duck
1Green Heron
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Palm Warbler
4Gadwall
3Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Willet
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Osprey
1Sharp-shinned Hawk

November 8

1Mottled Duck
3Semipalmated Plover
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Brown Pelican
3Eastern Meadowlark
2Indigo Bunting