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


Join us — Join, Renew, Donate

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.

Join, Renew, or Donate now!


Other Resources (NOT sponsored by Carolina Bird Club)



Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP

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

January 21

6American Wigeon
8Lesser Scaup
2Bufflehead
12Hooded Merganser
6Ruddy Duck
4Clapper Rail
2American Coot
6Short-billed Dowitcher
8Willet
6Greater Yellowlegs
4Least Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
6Ring-billed Gull
4Pied-billed Grebe
2Common Loon
8White Ibis
6Snowy Egret
10Great Egret
8American White Pelican
1Bald Eagle
2Belted Kingfisher
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
4American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Gray Catbird
2House Finch
2White-throated Sparrow
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Black-and-white Warbler
6Yellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

January 20

1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Blue Jay
1American Robin
75Cedar Waxwing
1Canada Goose
1Northern Shoveler
10Gadwall
9Green-winged Teal
2Ring-necked Duck
2Common Gallinule
3Bonaparte's Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
2Great Blue Heron
3Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
25Tree Swallow
1Marsh Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Hermit Thrush
2Swamp Sparrow
1White-winged Scoter
1Common Goldeneye
2Mourning Dove
10Semipalmated Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
8Sanderling
1Razorbill
3American Herring Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
1Horned Grebe
10Red-throated Loon
23Double-crested Cormorant
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Merlin
4Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
4Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Pine Warbler
2Dunlin
1Northern Pintail
1Northern Flicker
6Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Virginia Rail
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Peregrine Falcon
2White-crowned Sparrow

January 19

1Eastern Screech-Owl
XMallard
XBlack Scoter
XNorthern Gannet
XBlack Vulture
1Redhead
1Killdeer
1White-breasted Nuthatch

January 18

7American Oystercatcher
19Ruddy Turnstone
1Sora
1Golden-crowned Kinglet

January 17

1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Royal Tern
3Black-bellied Plover
2Blue-winged Teal
12Red Knot
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Goldfinch
2Red-breasted Merganser
1Long-billed Dowitcher
2Western Sandpiper
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Warbler
1Brown Thrasher
1Orange-crowned Warbler

January 16

1Tundra Swan
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Brown Creeper
1Northern Harrier
1Palm Warbler
1Purple Sandpiper
2Black Skimmer
1Saltmarsh Sparrow

January 15

8Canvasback
3Purple Finch
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Chipping Sparrow
1Fox Sparrow