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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


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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.

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Recent reports from Carolina Beach State Park

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

April 21

2Mourning Dove
2Willet
6Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
1Common Loon
2Great Egret
5Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Great Horned Owl
3Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1American Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
14Brown-headed Nuthatch
7Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
2Eastern Bluebird
1Chipping Sparrow
3White-throated Sparrow
1Pine Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
9Northern Cardinal
3Prothonotary Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Painted Bunting
1White Ibis
1Red-tailed Hawk
1House Finch
3Mallard
1Chimney Swift
1American Oystercatcher
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Snowy Egret
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Fish Crow
1Barn Swallow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Common Grackle
1Northern Parula

April 20

1Ring-billed Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
2American Goldfinch
1Blue Grosbeak

April 18

1Common Nighthawk
1Eastern Towhee
4Black Vulture
2Downy Woodpecker
2Blue-headed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Purple Martin
2Brown Thrasher
1Hermit Thrush
3Cedar Waxwing
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Worm-eating Warbler
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Little Blue Heron
1American Robin
1Northern Flicker
1Blue Jay
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2Canada Goose
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Great Blue Heron
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
1Hooded Warbler
1Summer Tanager
3Forster's Tern
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Red-winged Blackbird

April 17

1Prairie Warbler
1Barred Owl
1Black-whiskered Vireo
1Blackburnian Warbler
1Chuck-will's-widow

April 15

2American Herring Gull
4Glossy Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Bachman's Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Killdeer
1Common Yellowthroat