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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.

February 7

100Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Bufflehead
10Hooded Merganser
100Common Gallinule
20American Coot
3Pied-billed Grebe
34White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
17Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
4Eastern Bluebird
50Cedar Waxwing
1White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Palm Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
7Northern Cardinal

February 6

1Sora
3Semipalmated Plover
1Western Sandpiper
1Common Loon
1Double-crested Cormorant
4Tricolored Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Blue Jay
4Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
16Red-winged Blackbird
9European Starling
1Blue-winged Teal
1Green-winged Teal
2Rock Pigeon
5Mourning Dove
1American Oystercatcher
2Willet
3Dunlin
4Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Horned Grebe
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Pileated Woodpecker
4Hermit Thrush
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
4Pine Warbler

February 3

5Ruddy Turnstone
8American Herring Gull
1American White Pelican
2Wood Duck
1Laughing Gull
2Bald Eagle
2Chipping Sparrow

February 2

2Black-bellied Plover
2Anhinga
1White-eyed Vireo
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler