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!



Recent reports from Huntington Beach SP

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

August 11

4Hudsonian Whimbrel
3Sanderling
10Black Tern
4Sandwich Tern
11Royal Tern
5Brown Pelican
5Mourning Dove
1Anhinga
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
3Tricolored Heron
2Great Egret
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Carolina Chickadee
2Purple Martin
1Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Carolina Wren
3Northern Mockingbird
1Wood Thrush
3Northern Cardinal
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Snowy Egret
2Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2House Finch
3Painted Bunting
1Clapper Rail
2Laughing Gull
18Wood Stork
2White Ibis
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
2House Sparrow
5Red-winged Blackbird
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2American Coot
1Black-bellied Plover
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2American Herring Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Great Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Brown Thrasher
2American Robin
1Seaside Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Northern Parula

August 10

4Ring-billed Gull
2Belted Kingfisher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
2Yellow-throated Warbler
2Green Heron
1White-eyed Vireo
2American Oystercatcher
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Prothonotary Warbler
2Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
4Willet
2Stilt Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
1Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Eastern Bluebird
1Chipping Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
9Common Gallinule
1Black Skimmer

August 9

1Common Yellowthroat
4Ruddy Turnstone
1Least Sandpiper
1Lesser Black-backed Gull
8Common Tern
2Turkey Vulture
3Roseate Spoonbill
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Glossy Ibis
2Bald Eagle
2Chimney Swift
3Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Piping Plover
1Western Sandpiper
1Eastern Kingbird
4European Starling
1Black-and-white Warbler

August 8

1Loggerhead Shrike
1Caspian Tern
1Wilson's Plover
1Fish Crow
7American Avocet
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1American Goldfinch
1Great Black-backed Gull
2American White Pelican
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Indigo Bunting

August 7

1Eurasian Collared-Dove
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Pine Warbler
2Marbled Godwit
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1American Redstart

August 6

1Rock Pigeon
1Wild Turkey
1Louisiana Waterthrush
2Black-necked Stilt
1Least Bittern

August 5

1Gull-billed Tern