Carolina Bird Club

Carolina Bird Club

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About the Club

Mission Statement

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

To promote the observation, enjoyment, and study of birds.
To provide opportunities for birders to become acquainted, and to share information and experience.
To maintain well-documented records of birds in the Carolinas.
To support the protection and conservation of birds and their habitats and foster an appreciation and respect of natural resources.
To promote educational opportunities in bird and nature study.
To support research on birds of the Carolinas and their habitats.

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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.

The Club provides this website to all for free.

By becoming a member, you support the activities of the Club, receive reduced registration fee for meetings, can participate in bonus field trips, and receive our publications.

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Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

October 20

1	Mourning Dove ✓
1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
8	Semipalmated Plover ✓
4	Piping Plover ✓
2	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
4	Sanderling ✓
4	Least Sandpiper ✓
4	Laughing Gull ✓
2	Forster's Tern ✓
2	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
6	Wood Stork ✓
2	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
4	Great Egret ✓
4	Brown Pelican ✓
1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Downy Woodpecker ✓
2	White-eyed Vireo ✓
2	Blue Jay ✓
1	Carolina Chickadee ✓
2	Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2	Northern Mockingbird ✓
2	Eastern Bluebird ✓
4	House Finch ✓
1	White-throated Sparrow ✓
4	Common Grackle ✓
1	American Redstart ✓
4	Northern Cardinal ✓

October 19

4	Willet ✓
1	Ring-billed Gull ✓
4	White Ibis ✓
1	Snowy Egret ✓
1	Osprey ✓
2	American Crow ✓
1	Tufted Titmouse ✓
1	Brown Creeper ✓
2	Gray Catbird ✓
1	Seaside Sparrow ✓
1	Swamp Sparrow ✓
1	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1	Common Yellowthroat ✓
1	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1	Little Blue Heron ✓
1	Tricolored Heron ✓
2	Great Blue Heron ✓
2	Carolina Wren ✓
11	Killdeer ✓
1	Northern Flicker ✓
7	Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1	Prairie Warbler ✓
1	Clapper Rail ✓
1	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
3	Black Vulture ✓
1	Turkey Vulture ✓
1	Northern Harrier ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
10	Fish Crow ✓
2	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1	Cooper's Hawk ✓
3	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1	Merlin ✓
1	Eastern Phoebe ✓
1	Brown Thrasher ✓
5	Palm Warbler ✓
3	Pine Warbler ✓
2	Painted Bunting ✓
2	Ruddy Duck ✓
1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1	Marbled Godwit ✓
1	White-rumped Sandpiper ✓
1	Western Sandpiper ✓
1	Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1	Marsh Wren ✓
1	American Robin ✓
1	Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1	Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1	Cape May Warbler ✓
1	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓

October 18

1	Common Tern ✓
1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
3	Green-winged Teal ✓
10	Common Gallinule ✓
3	American Coot ✓
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1	Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1	Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
3	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
10	Tree Swallow ✓
1	Northern House Wren ✓
1	Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1	Northern Parula ✓
6	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
2	Dunlin ✓
1	Caspian Tern ✓
1	Song Sparrow ✓
1	Black-bellied Plover ✓
2	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1	American Herring Gull ✓
1	Sandwich Tern ✓
1	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
3	Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1	Northern Waterthrush ✓
1	Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2	Blue Grosbeak ✓
1	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
1	Barred Owl ✓
1	Savannah Sparrow ✓

October 17

2	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
1	Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1	Royal Tern ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
7	Barn Swallow ✓
2	European Starling ✓
1	Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1	Blue-winged Teal ✓
4	Red Knot ✓
1	Peregrine Falcon ✓
1	Least Flycatcher ✓
1	Horned Lark ✓
1	White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1	Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1	Canada Goose ✓
2	American Avocet ✓
16	Semipalmated Sandpiper
1	Hermit Thrush ✓
1	Winter Wren ✓
1	House Sparrow ✓
1	Ovenbird ✓

October 16

1	Sedge Wren ✓
1	Rock Pigeon ✓
1	Indigo Bunting ✓
2	Wild Turkey ✓
1	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1	Swainson's Thrush ✓
1	Summer Tanager

October 15

1	Magnolia Warbler ✓
1	Mute Swan ✓
1	Purple Martin
1	Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1	Wood Thrush ✓
1	Great Horned Owl ✓
1	Red-eyed Vireo ✓

October 14

1	Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1	King Rail
1	Eastern Towhee ✓
1	Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
2	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1	Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1	Tennessee Warbler ✓