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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 24

6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
4Wood Duck
4Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
35Common Gallinule
2American Oystercatcher
1Wood Stork
11Anhinga
12Double-crested Cormorant
363White Ibis
5Black-crowned Night Heron
16Little Blue Heron
7Tricolored Heron
10Snowy Egret
2Green Heron
69Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Bald Eagle
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
8Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
4American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
5Eastern Bluebird
8Red-winged Blackbird
6Common Grackle
15Boat-tailed Grackle
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
15Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
4Painted Bunting
1Solitary Sandpiper
1House Finch
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Northern Parula
1Canada Goose
2Black-necked Stilt
1Wilson's Plover
1Laughing Gull
1Sandwich Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Common Loon
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Fish Crow
1Tree Swallow
1Marsh Wren
5Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Royal Tern
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Downy Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
6Carolina Chickadee
3Eastern Towhee
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Clapper Rail
1Black-bellied Plover
2Red-eyed Vireo
3Common Yellowthroat

April 23

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Forster's Tern
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker

April 21

2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
7Hudsonian Whimbrel
1Willet
3Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
2Barn Swallow
1Northern Mockingbird
9Cedar Waxwing
2Black-throated Blue Warbler

April 20

1Ring-billed Gull
1Northern Flicker
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet

April 19

2American Robin
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Spotted Sandpiper