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 1

1	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
9	Laughing Gull ✓
14	Wood Stork ✓
1	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3	White Ibis ✓
1	Tricolored Heron ✓
12	Snowy Egret ✓
9	Great Egret ✓
1	Osprey ✓
1	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2	Carolina Chickadee ✓
3	Tufted Titmouse ✓
10	Tree Swallow ✓
1	Northern Mockingbird ✓
2	Eastern Bluebird ✓
4	House Finch ✓
1	American Redstart ✓
2	Northern Cardinal ✓
2	Chimney Swift ✓
10	Common Gallinule ✓
5	Royal Tern ✓
1	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
4	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
4	Great Blue Heron ✓
5	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1	White-eyed Vireo ✓
9	Blue Jay ✓
5	American Crow ✓
2	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
9	Carolina Wren ✓
5	Gray Catbird ✓
1	Brown Thrasher ✓
10	Red-winged Blackbird ✓
8	Pine Warbler ✓
1	Prairie Warbler ✓
3	Painted Bunting ✓
1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1	Green Heron ✓
3	Black Vulture ✓
1	Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1	Merlin ✓
1	American Robin ✓
1	Common Grackle ✓
2	Common Yellowthroat ✓
1	Magnolia Warbler ✓
2	Indigo Bunting ✓
4	Mourning Dove ✓
1	Common Nighthawk ✓
2	Killdeer ✓
1	Piping Plover ✓
4	Sanderling ✓
2	Western Sandpiper ✓
2	Ring-billed Gull ✓
2	Gull-billed Tern ✓
1	Forster's Tern ✓
1	Little Blue Heron ✓
1	Brown Pelican ✓
1	Broad-winged Hawk ✓
1	American Kestrel ✓
1	Peregrine Falcon ✓
1	Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
2	Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2	Cedar Waxwing ✓
1	Nelson's Sparrow ✓
1	Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
2	Clapper Rail ✓

September 30

1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
2	American Coot ✓
2	American Woodcock ✓
1	Solitary Sandpiper ✓
4	American Herring Gull ✓
2	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1	Savannah Sparrow ✓
1	Blue-winged Warbler ✓
1	Kentucky Warbler ✓
1	Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1	Scarlet Tanager ✓
1	Bald Eagle ✓
2	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1	Hairy Woodpecker
1	Northern Flicker ✓
1	Northern Waterthrush ✓

September 29

2	Willet ✓
2	Dunlin ✓
1	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
2	Turkey Vulture ✓
4	Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2	Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2	Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1	Eastern Phoebe ✓
1	American Goldfinch ✓
1	Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
2	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1	Cooper's Hawk ✓
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓

September 28

1	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
7	American Oystercatcher ✓
64	Semipalmated Plover ✓
13	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
4	Least Sandpiper ✓
8	Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1	Black Skimmer ✓
3	Caspian Tern ✓
2	Sandwich Tern ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
1	Northern Harrier ✓
1	Virginia Rail ✓
1	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1	Acadian Flycatcher ✓
2	Barn Swallow ✓
1	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2	Cape May Warbler ✓
1	Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1	Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
3	Summer Tanager ✓
1	Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2	Canada Goose ✓
1	Eastern Kingbird ✓
1	Marsh Wren ✓
6	Bobolink ✓
1	Blackpoll Warbler ✓
3	Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

September 27

2	Loggerhead Shrike ✓
1	Chipping Sparrow ✓

September 26

1	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1	Fish Crow ✓
1	Palm Warbler ✓
1	Least Bittern ✓
1	Northern Parula ✓
1	Rock Pigeon ✓
1	Wilson's Snipe ✓
4	Black-and-white Warbler ✓

September 25

1	Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
2	Marbled Godwit ✓
1	Stilt Sandpiper ✓
1	Least Flycatcher ✓
1	Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1	Field Sparrow ✓
1	Golden-winged Warbler ✓