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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 28

12Bufflehead
36Hooded Merganser
3Mourning Dove
36Common Gallinule
6American Coot
6Pied-billed Grebe
16White Ibis
4Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
4Eastern Phoebe
3Blue Jay
8American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
6Eastern Bluebird
1White-throated Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
4Red-winged Blackbird
3Pine Warbler
16Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Northern Cardinal

January 26

2Belted Kingfisher
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Forster's Tern
2Bald Eagle
2House Finch
9Common Grackle

January 25

1Greater Yellowlegs
2Palm Warbler
1Willet
2Tricolored Heron
1Downy Woodpecker
2Hermit Thrush

January 24

2American Robin
1Wood Stork

January 23

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

January 22

XPeregrine Falcon
1Osprey