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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 16

2Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Chimney Swift
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Clapper Rail
2Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
5Anhinga
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
2Little Blue Heron
1Tricolored Heron
5Snowy Egret
1Western Cattle-Egret
4Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
10Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Mississippi Kite
1Red-shouldered Hawk
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
3White-eyed Vireo
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1American Crow
12Carolina Chickadee
10Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
10Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
1Eastern Bluebird
1House Finch
1Orchard Oriole
40Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
2Worm-eating Warbler
2Prothonotary Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
6Common Yellowthroat
7Northern Parula
4Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
6Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
3Painted Bunting
1Ring-billed Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Green Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Fish Crow
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
XCommon Grackle
5Yellow-throated Warbler
2Wood Duck
1Common Gallinule
1American Coot
1Least Bittern
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
1European Starling
1Eastern Meadowlark

May 15

1Solitary Sandpiper

May 14

1White Ibis
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Wood Thrush
2American Robin
1Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1American Redstart

May 13

3Least Sandpiper
1Hooded Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

May 12

1Bald Eagle
1Brown Thrasher

May 10

1Greater Yellowlegs
1Northern Flicker