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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.

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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.

October 31

11Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
24Common Gallinule
6Pied-billed Grebe
14Double-crested Cormorant
24White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Peregrine Falcon
1Eastern Phoebe
3Blue Jay
4American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
220Tree Swallow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern House Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Eastern Meadowlark
3Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
5Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
1Ring-necked Duck
2Clapper Rail
4Black-bellied Plover
1Willet
2Ring-billed Gull
1Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1Black Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Western Kingbird
2Hermit Thrush
1Song Sparrow
8Red-winged Blackbird
2Indigo Bunting

October 29

1Wood Duck
1Swamp Sparrow

October 28

1Blue-winged Teal
1American Coot
12Semipalmated Plover
8Sanderling
10Least Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
12Brown Pelican
3Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Downy Woodpecker
5Fish Crow
2Common Yellowthroat

October 27

1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Harrier
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1Marsh Wren
1Eastern Towhee
2Boat-tailed Grackle

October 26

1Sora
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1American Robin
2Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
2American Goldfinch
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Cape May Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Mourning Dove
1Chipping Sparrow