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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.

April 22

2Wood Duck
2Mourning Dove
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Common Gallinule
3Laughing Gull
9Wood Stork
3Anhinga
2Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
4Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2White-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
4Carolina Chickadee
5Tufted Titmouse
75Tree Swallow
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Swamp Sparrow
1Orchard Oriole
14Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle
2Prothonotary Warbler
3Common Yellowthroat
2Northern Parula
2Pine Warbler
3Yellow-throated Warbler
1Summer Tanager
3Northern Cardinal
2Painted Bunting
1Clapper Rail
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Barred Owl
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2Barn Swallow
1European Starling
1Gray Catbird
2American Robin
4House Finch
3White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1American Redstart
1Indigo Bunting

April 21

2Canada Goose
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Blue-headed Vireo
4White-breasted Nuthatch
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Northern Waterthrush
2Chimney Swift
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1American Coot
1Little Blue Heron
1Northern Flicker
2Pied-billed Grebe
3Brown-headed Nuthatch

April 18

1American Bittern
1Tricolored Heron
1Virginia Rail
1Green Heron
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Hooded Warbler
1Eastern Bluebird

April 16

4Red-headed Woodpecker
1Eastern Kingbird
1Hermit Thrush
2Cedar Waxwing
1Swainson's Warbler
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron