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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.

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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.

November 20

2Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Bufflehead
65Common Gallinule
18American Coot
1Greater Yellowlegs
1American Herring Gull
1Common Loon
6White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
3Snowy Egret
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
2American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
1Song Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Yellowthroat
5Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
2Sora
1Laughing Gull
9Pied-billed Grebe
3Horned Grebe
1Wood Stork
1Anhinga
26Double-crested Cormorant
3Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
5Blue Jay
2Tufted Titmouse
2Tree Swallow
1Northern House Wren
2Gray Catbird
2Hermit Thrush
7Swamp Sparrow
2Black-and-white Warbler
2Pine Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
2Wood Duck
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Willet
1Osprey
2Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker

November 19

3Hooded Merganser
5Turkey Vulture
3House Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Boat-tailed Grackle
3Palm Warbler

November 18

1Black-bellied Plover
12Dunlin
1Cooper's Hawk
1Savannah Sparrow

November 17

1Green-winged Teal
1Red-breasted Merganser
2Ring-billed Gull
2Royal Tern
6Brown Pelican
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1White-eyed Vireo
1Fish Crow
1American Robin
3Chipping Sparrow
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1Painted Bunting

November 16

1Blue-winged Teal
1Ruddy Duck
4Rock Pigeon
1Wilson's Snipe
1Prairie Warbler
3American Oystercatcher
29Semipalmated Plover
4Forster's Tern
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren
11Brown-headed Cowbird

November 15

2Saltmarsh Sparrow