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.

July 25

2	American Coot ✓
1	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2	American Herring Gull ✓
2	Least Tern ✓
6	Wood Stork ✓
2	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
4	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
4	Snowy Egret ✓
1	Osprey ✓
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1	Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
2	Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4	Blue Jay ✓
1	Carolina Chickadee ✓
1	Tufted Titmouse ✓
1	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2	Carolina Wren ✓
4	Northern Mockingbird ✓
2	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1	Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
2	Painted Bunting ✓
1	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
2	Killdeer ✓
1	Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1	Sanderling ✓
4	Ring-billed Gull ✓
2	Tricolored Heron ✓
1	Mississippi Kite ✓
2	Belted Kingfisher ✓
2	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	Eastern Kingbird ✓
2	Loggerhead Shrike ✓
2	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
4	European Starling ✓
2	Brown Thrasher ✓
2	House Finch ✓
1	Orchard Oriole ✓

July 24

6	Mourning Dove ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
1	Glossy Ibis ✓
1	Green Heron ✓
8	Great Egret ✓
2	Great Blue Heron ✓
2	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
5	Barn Swallow ✓
6	Northern Cardinal ✓
1	Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
2	Eastern Whip-poor-will ✓
2	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
4	Willet ✓
1	Black Tern ✓
2	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1	Little Blue Heron ✓
1	Turkey Vulture ✓
4	American Crow ✓
1	Chipping Sparrow ✓
4	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
1	Mallard ✓
3	Clapper Rail ✓
7	Common Gallinule ✓
1	American Oystercatcher ✓
7	Hudsonian Whimbrel ✓
17	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
3	Least Sandpiper ✓
6	White Ibis ✓
3	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
8	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2	White-eyed Vireo ✓
15	Purple Martin ✓
1	Seaside Sparrow ✓
2	Common Grackle ✓
1	Pine Warbler ✓
1	Common Nighthawk ✓
4	Chimney Swift ✓
2	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
4	Laughing Gull ✓
5	Royal Tern ✓
15	Brown Pelican ✓

July 23

1	Least Bittern ✓
2	Forster's Tern ✓
1	Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
2	Summer Tanager ✓
5	Semipalmated Plover ✓
1	Wilson's Plover ✓
3	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1	Black Skimmer ✓
2	Common Tern ✓
4	Sandwich Tern ✓

July 22

1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2	Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓

July 21

1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
4	American Robin ✓
5	Eastern Bluebird ✓
1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1	Piping Plover ✓

July 20

1	Swallow-tailed Kite ✓

July 19

1	Magnificent Frigatebird ✓
1	Gull-billed Tern ✓
2	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Indigo Bunting ✓
2	Fish Crow ✓
1	Prothonotary Warbler ✓