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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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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.

January 26

25Hooded Merganser
85Common Gallinule
20American Coot
2Forster's Tern
6Pied-billed Grebe
13White Ibis
4Little Blue Heron
8Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
3Turkey Vulture
2Bald Eagle
3American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
5Gray Catbird
4Northern Mockingbird
25Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
1White-throated Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
9Common Grackle
10Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Northern Cardinal

January 25

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Palm Warbler
1Willet
2Tricolored Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Hermit Thrush

January 24

2Bufflehead
1Eastern Phoebe
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2American Robin
13Red-winged Blackbird
3Pine Warbler
1Wood Stork

January 23

1Blue-winged Teal
1Red-breasted Merganser
6Mourning Dove
1Sora
1Ring-billed Gull
1Common Loon
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Black Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1White-eyed Vireo
5Blue Jay
3Tree Swallow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat

January 22

1Osprey

January 20

1Black-bellied Plover
2Semipalmated Plover
14Dunlin
1Bonaparte's Gull
2Horned Grebe
18American White Pelican
3Brown Pelican
1American Goldfinch
8Chipping Sparrow