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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 Waccamaw NWR--Hasty Point

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

May 7

2Wood Duck
2Northern Bobwhite
2Wild Turkey
2Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Clapper Rail
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Anhinga
5Little Blue Heron
4Green Heron
2Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
2Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
2Red-headed Woodpecker
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Red-cockaded Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
6Eastern Wood-Pewee
8Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Vireo
6Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
20American Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6White-breasted Nuthatch
6Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
6Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
2Cedar Waxwing
6Chipping Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
4Bobolink
4Orchard Oriole
4Red-winged Blackbird
6Brown-headed Cowbird
1Ovenbird
2Northern Waterthrush
4Prothonotary Warbler
6Common Yellowthroat
2Pine Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
6Yellow-throated Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
8Summer Tanager
2Northern Cardinal
6Blue Grosbeak
12Indigo Bunting

May 1

6Chimney Swift
2Killdeer
1Semipalmated Plover
1Solitary Sandpiper
6Laughing Gull
1Wood Stork
1Double-crested Cormorant
20Glossy Ibis
1Snowy Egret
1Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
3Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Fish Crow
2Purple Martin
1Marsh Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Hermit Thrush
1House Finch
4American Goldfinch
2Bachman's Sparrow
2White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
2Common Grackle
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Hooded Warbler
2Cape May Warbler
1Painted Bunting