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 23

3	Mourning Dove ✓
5	Killdeer ✓
4	Laughing Gull ✓
22	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1	Brown Pelican ✓
2	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
3	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2	Northern Flicker ✓
2	Blue Jay ✓
5	American Crow ✓
3	Carolina Chickadee ✓
90	Tree Swallow ✓
1	Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2	Carolina Wren ✓
2	Gray Catbird ✓
1	Brown Thrasher ✓
11	Eastern Bluebird ✓
1	Hermit Thrush ✓
7	House Finch ✓
17	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1	Northern Parula ✓
1	Pine Warbler ✓
38	Yellow-rumped Warbler
1	Prairie Warbler ✓
1	Northern Cardinal ✓
5	Clapper Rail ✓
2	Bonaparte's Gull ✓
5	Great Blue Heron ✓
1	Osprey ✓
2	White-throated Sparrow ✓
1	Swamp Sparrow ✓

October 22

1	Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
2	Sanderling ✓
50	Chimney Swift ✓
1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
11	Wood Stork ✓
4	White Ibis ✓
3	Little Blue Heron ✓
8	Snowy Egret ✓
15	Great Egret ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
1	Eastern Phoebe ✓
1	Song Sparrow ✓
1	American Redstart ✓
2	Cape May Warbler ✓
5	Forster's Tern ✓
2	Tricolored Heron ✓
2	Turkey Vulture ✓
2	Northern Harrier ✓
5	American White Pelican ✓
10	Common Gallinule ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
1	Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
3	Great Cormorant
2	Chipping Sparrow ✓
6	Least Sandpiper ✓
1	Black-bellied Plover ✓
3	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2	Northern Mockingbird ✓
1	Cooper's Hawk ✓
1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1	Tufted Titmouse ✓
1	Red-breasted Nuthatch
1	Marsh Wren ✓
1	Swainson's Thrush ✓
7	Common Grackle ✓
5	Common Yellowthroat ✓
1	Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
4	Palm Warbler ✓
2	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1	Northern House Wren ✓
1	American Robin ✓
1	Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1	Eastern Towhee ✓

October 21

1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2	Willet ✓
2	Western Sandpiper ✓
1	Sandwich Tern ✓
1	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1	Kentucky Warbler ✓
2	Ruddy Duck ✓
4	Semipalmated Sandpiper
2	Semipalmated Plover ✓
1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
4	Gadwall ✓
1	Wild Turkey ✓
2	American Coot ✓
1	Northern Gannet ✓
1	Least Flycatcher ✓
2	Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1	Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1	Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1	Northern Waterthrush ✓

October 20

3	Black Vulture ✓
4	Piping Plover ✓
2	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
2	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
2	White-eyed Vireo ✓

October 19

1	Ring-billed Gull ✓
1	Brown Creeper ✓
1	Seaside Sparrow ✓
10	Fish Crow ✓
1	Merlin ✓
2	Painted Bunting ✓
1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1	Marbled Godwit ✓
1	White-rumped Sandpiper ✓
1	Blue-headed Vireo ✓

October 18

1	Common Tern ✓
3	Green-winged Teal ✓
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1	Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
3	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1	Cedar Waxwing ✓
1	White-crowned Sparrow ✓
6	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
2	Dunlin ✓
1	Caspian Tern ✓
2	Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1	American Herring Gull ✓
1	Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2	Blue Grosbeak ✓
1	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
1	Barred Owl ✓
1	Savannah Sparrow ✓

October 17

2	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
1	Royal Tern ✓
7	Barn Swallow ✓
2	European Starling ✓
1	Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1	Blue-winged Teal ✓
4	Red Knot ✓
1	Peregrine Falcon ✓
1	Horned Lark ✓
1	Canada Goose ✓
2	American Avocet ✓
1	Winter Wren ✓
1	House Sparrow ✓
1	Ovenbird ✓

October 16

1	Sedge Wren ✓