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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.

March 12

30Bufflehead
7Hooded Merganser
3Red-breasted Merganser
1Mourning Dove
40Common Gallinule
5American Coot
4American Oystercatcher
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Common Loon
1Wood Stork
5Anhinga
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
15Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
4Eastern Phoebe
2White-eyed Vireo
4Blue Jay
2American Crow
8Carolina Chickadee
10Tufted Titmouse
12Tree Swallow
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
8Eastern Bluebird
5Cedar Waxwing
3House Finch
3Song Sparrow
5Swamp Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
8Palm Warbler
4Pine Warbler
30Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
30Northern Cardinal
1American Robin
2White-throated Sparrow

March 11

9Ring-billed Gull
11Double-crested Cormorant
2White Ibis
2Osprey

March 8

1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Marsh Wren
1Hermit Thrush
20Common Grackle
2Wood Duck
6Rock Pigeon
1Forster's Tern
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Fish Crow
2Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee

March 6

7Semipalmated Plover
60Dunlin
4Laughing Gull
1Black-crowned Night Heron
9Brown Pelican
1Swallow-tailed Kite