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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 2

10Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
1Blue-winged Teal
38Bufflehead
23Hooded Merganser
4Rock Pigeon
6Mourning Dove
1Sora
54Common Gallinule
12American Coot
2Black-bellied Plover
34Dunlin
2Laughing Gull
26Ring-billed Gull
4Forster's Tern
3Pied-billed Grebe
2Horned Grebe
11Common Loon
2Anhinga
7White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
5Great Blue Heron
4Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
8Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
2Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
9American Crow
7Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
10Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
8Eastern Bluebird
3American Goldfinch
3Song Sparrow
7Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
6Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
24Yellow-rumped Warbler
12Northern Cardinal
4Little Blue Heron
1Belted Kingfisher

January 30

11Red-breasted Merganser
1Willet
1Double-crested Cormorant
8American White Pelican
1Black Vulture
4Bald Eagle
1Northern Mockingbird
6Hermit Thrush
2House Finch
4White-throated Sparrow
5Common Grackle
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat

January 28

2Swamp Sparrow