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 29

3	Mourning Dove ✓
5	Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
3	Clapper Rail ✓
1	Killdeer ✓
15	White Ibis ✓
4	Great Egret ✓
2	Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4	Carolina Chickadee ✓
2	Tufted Titmouse ✓
2	White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2	Carolina Wren ✓
6	House Finch ✓
1	American Redstart
4	Northern Cardinal ✓
2	Painted Bunting ✓
1	Eurasian Collared-Dove ✓
2	Chuck-will's-widow ✓
1	American Coot ✓
2	Black-bellied Plover ✓
1	Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2	Willet ✓
4	Sanderling ✓
1	Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
4	Ring-billed Gull ✓
1	Gull-billed Tern ✓
4	Forster's Tern ✓
1	Sandwich Tern ✓
2	Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2	Roseate Spoonbill ✓
1	Little Blue Heron ✓
1	Green Heron ✓
2	Great Blue Heron ✓
6	Brown Pelican ✓
1	Mississippi Kite ✓
1	Belted Kingfisher ✓
1	Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
2	Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2	Eastern Bluebird ✓
2	Red-winged Blackbird ✓

July 28

1	Chimney Swift ✓
11	Common Gallinule ✓
1	Least Bittern ✓
3	Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
27	Tricolored Heron ✓
43	Snowy Egret ✓
5	Barn Swallow ✓
3	Hudsonian Whimbrel ✓
1	Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
2	Pectoral Sandpiper
2	Laughing Gull ✓
12	Least Tern ✓
40	Wood Stork ✓
1	Anhinga ✓
1	Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1	Downy Woodpecker ✓
1	American Crow ✓
2	Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1	Dunlin ✓
2	Caspian Tern ✓
1	Common Tern ✓
12	Royal Tern ✓
3	Osprey ✓
1	Northern Mockingbird ✓
2	Least Sandpiper ✓
1	Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
1	Eastern Kingbird ✓
2	Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
2	Blue Jay ✓
4	European Starling ✓
6	Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2	Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1	American Herring Gull ✓
3	Glossy Ibis ✓
1	White-eyed Vireo ✓
1	Hooded Warbler ✓
4	Semipalmated Plover ✓
1	Turkey Vulture ✓
1	Fish Crow ✓
2	Bald Eagle ✓
3	Common Yellowthroat ✓
2	American Goldfinch ✓

July 27

1	Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2	Orchard Oriole ✓
2	Summer Tanager ✓
1	American Oystercatcher ✓
1	Wilson's Plover ✓
2	Eastern Whip-poor-will ✓
4	Short-billed Dowitcher ✓

July 26

1	Reddish Egret ✓
1	Purple Martin ✓
1	Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1	Prairie Warbler ✓
4	American Robin ✓
1	Yellow-throated Warbler ✓

July 25

2	Loggerhead Shrike ✓
2	Brown Thrasher ✓

July 24

2	Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1	Black Tern ✓
1	Chipping Sparrow ✓
1	Mallard ✓
1	Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1	Seaside Sparrow ✓
2	Common Grackle ✓
1	Pine Warbler ✓
1	Common Nighthawk ✓
2	Greater Yellowlegs ✓

July 23

1	Black Skimmer ✓