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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.

September 28

7Canada Goose ✓
3Clapper Rail ✓
6Laughing Gull ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
2Great Egret ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Great Horned Owl ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
4Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
5Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
5Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
5House Finch ✓
3Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓

September 27

5Mourning Dove ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

September 26

1American Herring Gull ✓
4Painted Bunting ✓

September 25

2Black Vulture ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓