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 6

2	Mourning Dove ✓
1	Common Nighthawk ✓
1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1	Clapper Rail ✓
1	American Coot ✓
2	Willet ✓
1	Sanderling ✓
4	American Herring Gull ✓
2	Forster's Tern ✓
1	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
12	Wood Stork ✓
2	White Ibis ✓
2	Little Blue Heron ✓
4	Great Egret ✓
2	Great Blue Heron ✓
1	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	Merlin ✓
1	White-eyed Vireo ✓
2	Blue Jay ✓
1	Carolina Chickadee ✓
1	Tufted Titmouse ✓
1	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1	Northern House Wren ✓
2	European Starling ✓
4	Northern Mockingbird ✓
2	House Finch ✓
1	White-crowned Sparrow ✓
2	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2	Common Grackle ✓
2	American Redstart ✓
1	Palm Warbler ✓
1	Painted Bunting ✓
7	Common Gallinule ✓
5	Semipalmated Plover ✓
1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
7	Least Sandpiper ✓
2	Laughing Gull ✓
2	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
7	Snowy Egret ✓
2	Turkey Vulture ✓
4	Osprey ✓
3	Belted Kingfisher ✓
4	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
8	Northern Flicker ✓
4	American Crow ✓
15	Tree Swallow ✓
2	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3	Carolina Wren ✓
2	Gray Catbird ✓
1	Brown Thrasher ✓
7	Eastern Bluebird ✓
1	Common Yellowthroat ✓
1	Pine Warbler ✓
2	Northern Cardinal ✓

October 5

30	Chimney Swift ✓
3	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
5	Northern Waterthrush ✓
2	Prothonotary Warbler ✓
1	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	American Golden-Plover ✓
1	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
4	Royal Tern ✓
1	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	American Robin ✓
1	Killdeer ✓
9	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
8	Prairie Warbler ✓
1	Green Heron ✓
1	Eastern Phoebe ✓
1	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1	Savannah Sparrow ✓
6	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1	Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
20	Blue-winged Teal ✓
1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1	Caspian Tern ✓
2	Wilson's Snipe ✓
2	Gull-billed Tern ✓
1	Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
1	Eastern Kingbird ✓
2	Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1	American Pipit ✓
1	Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1	Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1	Nashville Warbler ✓
1	Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
2	Blue Grosbeak ✓
1	Tricolored Heron ✓
1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1	Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓

October 4

1	Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1	Dunlin ✓
4	Black Skimmer ✓
2	Barn Swallow ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
8	Brown Pelican ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Kentucky Warbler ✓
4	Cape May Warbler
1	Bay-breasted Warbler ✓

October 3

1	Glossy Ibis ✓
2	American Oystercatcher ✓
25	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
4	Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
2	Western Sandpiper ✓
1	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
2	Piping Plover ✓
2	Sandwich Tern ✓
1	Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
5	Ring-billed Gull ✓
1	Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1	Peregrine Falcon ✓

October 2

1	Northern Harrier ✓
1	Sedge Wren ✓
1	Black Vulture ✓
1	Reddish Egret ✓
1	Cliff Swallow ✓
1	Seaside Sparrow ✓
1	Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
1	Barred Owl ✓
1	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2	Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1	Brown Creeper ✓
1	American Goldfinch ✓

October 1

2	Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1	Magnolia Warbler ✓
2	Indigo Bunting ✓
1	Broad-winged Hawk ✓
1	American Kestrel ✓
2	Cedar Waxwing ✓
1	Nelson's Sparrow ✓

September 30

2	American Woodcock ✓
1	Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1	Blue-winged Warbler ✓
1	Scarlet Tanager ✓
1	Hairy Woodpecker

September 29

4	Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2	Black-throated Green Warbler ✓