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 8

1	Mourning Dove ✓
2	Clapper Rail ✓
22	Common Gallinule ✓
2	Laughing Gull ✓
1	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
6	Wood Stork ✓
4	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	Little Blue Heron ✓
2	Tricolored Heron ✓
14	Snowy Egret ✓
1	Green Heron ✓
15	Great Egret ✓
4	Great Blue Heron ✓
2	Osprey ✓
2	Northern Harrier ✓
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	American Kestrel ✓
1	Eastern Phoebe ✓
4	Blue Jay ✓
1	American Crow ✓
4	Carolina Chickadee ✓
2	Tufted Titmouse ✓
8	Tree Swallow ✓
2	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1	Marsh Wren ✓
3	Carolina Wren ✓
1	Northern Mockingbird ✓
5	House Finch ✓
1	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1	Pine Warbler ✓
1	Northern Cardinal ✓
1	Painted Bunting ✓
1	Killdeer ✓
2	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Northern Flicker ✓
1	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1	Common Yellowthroat ✓
1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
6	Chimney Swift ✓
3	Forster's Tern ✓
4	White Ibis ✓
3	Glossy Ibis ✓
1	Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1	Gray Catbird ✓
1	Brown Thrasher ✓
2	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1	Virginia Rail ✓
2	Willet ✓
1	Sanderling ✓
4	Bonaparte's Gull ✓
2	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	Least Flycatcher ✓
6	American Robin ✓
1	Seaside Sparrow ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
1	American Redstart ✓

October 7

2	American Coot ✓
2	Ring-billed Gull ✓
1	Brown Pelican ✓
1	Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
1	Blue-headed Vireo ✓
2	Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1	White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1	Blue-winged Warbler ✓
1	Tennessee Warbler ✓
1	Northern Parula ✓
2	Blue-winged Teal ✓
1	Merlin ✓
3	Semipalmated Plover ✓
4	Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
12	Eastern Bluebird ✓
4	Turkey Vulture ✓
1	Cooper's Hawk ✓
1	White-eyed Vireo ✓
1	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1	Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2	Prairie Warbler ✓
3	Blue Grosbeak ✓
2	Indigo Bunting ✓
1	Cape May Warbler ✓
2	Palm Warbler ✓
2	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1	Northern House Wren ✓
3	Common Grackle ✓

October 6

4	Western Sandpiper ✓
2	American Herring Gull ✓
2	American White Pelican ✓
1	Eastern Kingbird ✓
6	Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1	Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1	Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1	Magnolia Warbler ✓
2	Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1	Common Nighthawk ✓
2	European Starling ✓
7	Least Sandpiper ✓

October 5

3	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
5	Northern Waterthrush ✓
2	Prothonotary Warbler ✓
1	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	American Golden-Plover ✓
1	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
4	Royal Tern ✓
9	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1	Savannah Sparrow ✓
1	Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1	Caspian Tern ✓
2	Wilson's Snipe ✓
2	Gull-billed Tern ✓
1	American Pipit ✓
1	Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1	Nashville Warbler ✓
1	Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 4

1	Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1	Dunlin ✓
4	Black Skimmer ✓
2	Barn Swallow ✓
1	Kentucky Warbler ✓
1	Bay-breasted Warbler ✓

October 3

2	American Oystercatcher ✓
25	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
4	Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
2	Piping Plover ✓
2	Sandwich Tern ✓
1	Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1	Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1	Peregrine Falcon ✓

October 2

1	Sedge Wren ✓
1	Black Vulture ✓
1	Reddish Egret ✓
1	Cliff Swallow ✓
1	Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1	Barred Owl ✓
2	Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1	Brown Creeper ✓
1	American Goldfinch ✓