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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.

December 4

19Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Blue-winged Teal
13Bufflehead
25Hooded Merganser
2Mourning Dove
64Common Gallinule
18American Coot
5Pied-billed Grebe
7Wood Stork
4Double-crested Cormorant
14White Ibis
6Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
10Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Blue Jay
12American Crow
1Fish Crow
8Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
7Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern House Wren
4Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
11Eastern Bluebird
2Hermit Thrush
6House Finch
2American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
18Red-winged Blackbird
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
8Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

December 3

1Mottled Duck
1Rock Pigeon
1Sora
2American Oystercatcher
2Willet
1Laughing Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Royal Tern
8Common Loon
1Anhinga
4Black Vulture
1Great Horned Owl
1Northern Flicker
1Peregrine Falcon
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Song Sparrow
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Black-and-white Warbler

November 30

2Osprey
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Marsh Wren
1White-throated Sparrow
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Tree Swallow

November 29

1Pileated Woodpecker
1Ring-billed Gull
1Eastern Towhee
1White-eyed Vireo
1Orange-crowned Warbler