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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.

April 8

1Tricolored Heron
3Great Egret
1Black Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
1Tufted Titmouse
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Pine Warbler
6Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2Mourning Dove
60Common Gallinule
4American Coot
2Least Tern
2Pied-billed Grebe
12Anhinga
16Double-crested Cormorant
50White Ibis
2Black-crowned Night Heron
16Little Blue Heron
30Snowy Egret
3Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
6Carolina Chickadee
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
6Eastern Bluebird
16Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
20Boat-tailed Grackle
2Northern Parula
4Yellow-throated Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

April 7

2Laughing Gull
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1White-throated Sparrow
2Wood Duck
1Turkey Vulture
1Blue Jay
1Common Grackle
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Brown Creeper
1Belted Kingfisher
2European Starling
1Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Northern House Wren
44Cedar Waxwing
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Wood Stork
1Osprey
2Tree Swallow
1Marsh Wren
2Royal Tern
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Rock Pigeon
1Ring-billed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Hermit Thrush

April 6

2Blue-winged Teal
1Eastern Kingbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
1Swamp Sparrow

April 5

2Hooded Merganser
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Clapper Rail
3Brown Pelican
1Peregrine Falcon
1House Finch
2Chipping Sparrow
3Palm Warbler

April 4

1Savannah Sparrow
4Roseate Spoonbill
1Common Loon
1Chimney Swift
1Glossy Ibis
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Painted Bunting

April 3

1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Wilson's Snipe
1Willet
1Bufflehead