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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 Caw Caw Interpretive Center

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

May 1

2Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Clapper Rail
1Common Gallinule
1Solitary Sandpiper
2Greater Yellowlegs
1Least Sandpiper
5Laughing Gull
3Wood Stork
1Anhinga
1Tricolored Heron
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
7Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
4Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Blue Jay
1American Crow
2Fish Crow
20Carolina Chickadee
15Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
3House Finch
2Bobolink
31Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
3Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Prothonotary Warbler
3Common Yellowthroat
5Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
4Painted Bunting
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Lesser Yellowlegs
2Caspian Tern
1Glossy Ibis
2Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1Little Blue Heron
1Mississippi Kite
1Barred Owl
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Red-eyed Vireo
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Barn Swallow

April 30

1Double-crested Cormorant
5Swamp Sparrow
1Northern Waterthrush

April 29

1Northern Harrier
1Ovenbird
2Chimney Swift
1White Ibis
1Black-crowned Night Heron
2Green Heron
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Swainson's Warbler

April 28

2Pied-billed Grebe
1Swallow-tailed Kite
2Brown Thrasher
1Black Vulture
2Eastern Bluebird
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Orchard Oriole
1Hooded Warbler
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

April 26

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Savannah Sparrow
XLeast Bittern